Things You'll Need
- Crickets, mealworms, cockroaches, pill bugs, houseflies or waxworms.
- Plastic bag
- Clear bowl
- Commercial reptile calcium supplement
- Carrots, spring greens, dandelion greens or watercress
- Drip water dispenser
Instructions
Provide five insects per day for the veiled chameleon every other day. Feed chameleons younger than 6 months every day. The chameleon's diet should consist of mainly crickets with one or two other insect species added to the bowl. Add either mealworms, cockroaches, pill bugs, houseflies or waxworms as treats to the meal each day to offer the chameleon diversity.
Drop the five insects into a plastic bag filled with a commercial reptile calcium supplement. Shake the insects up and down in the power to thoroughly coat their bodies.
Add grated carrots, spring greens, dandelion greens or watercress to the chameleons food dish. Remove any vegetables that the veiled chameleon does not eat and replace with fresh veggies each day.
Place the coated insects into a clear bowl that has smooth sides so the insects cannot escape. Place the bowl in front of the veiled chameleon in its cage.
Provide the veiled chameleon with a drip water dispenser. Fill it with fresh water daily. Place the drip water dispenser into the tank or cage so that it can slowly drip onto a plant's foliage. This will allow the veiled chameleon to lick the water from the leaf which replicates the way it would naturally consume water in its native habitat.