Adult chameleons need: Around five or six large adult insects every two or three days. Lightly dust insects with supplement at each feeding but don’t worry if you miss supplementing for one or two feedings a week. Make sure you do supplement at least once a week though.[1]
How Often Should Chameleons Be Fed?
A baby or young Chameleon (0-6 months) should be fed two to three times a day, and fed for about five minutes. Then at 6-12 months I feed once daily again for five mins. At 12 months, and pretty much full adult, most of their growing is done.[2]
Should I Feed My Chameleon Everyday?
Baby and juvenile veiled chameleons should be fed once or twice a day, with almost constant access to food. As they get older, you can feed them slightly less often. Adults can be fed every other day.Dec 23, 2013[3]
How Do I Know If My Chameleon Is Eating Enough?
If they still turn their nose up at what you feed them then skip a feeding or two until hunger comes back. A healthy chameleon can easily go a week without food. They can go longer in times of hardship, but a week without food is usually enough to get them back to a state where they eat because they are hungry.Apr 13, 2021[4]
How Long Can Chameleons Go Without Eating?
Chameleons can go for about two weeks without eating and about one week without water. They don’t eat all the time and will often go two to three days without food, but the longer they go without food, the more they will waste away until they are no longer able to survive.[5]
Do Chameleons Need A Companion?
The truth is, you should never, ever, house two or more chameleons together. It’s understandable that your instinct is to assume your pet would be unhappy all by itself in the terrarium, but chameleons have demonstrated over and over again that they much prefer living alone.[6]
Do Chameleons Need Friends?
Highly territorial, both males and females will fight among themselves and with the opposite sex. Pairs may get along in large, heavily-planted enclosures, but they must be watched closely. Chameleons abhor handling, and are best considered as animals to observe only.Dec 26, 2012[7]
Do Chameleons Live Alone?
Chameleons do not live in groups. They prefer to sit alone in the trees and in bushes. Chameleons do get together in order to mate, but otherwise they are known as solitary animals.[8]
Do Chameleons Need Other Chameleons?
Outside of mating and territory disputes they do not show a need to have others of their kind around them for emotional reasons. Rest assured, chameleons live a very happy life being the only food eater and basking spot user in the cage. Mating. For mating, chameleons obviously need to be together.[9]
What Animals Can You Put With A Chameleon?
Small geckos, anoles, frogs, small mammals or birds in the same terrarium/room are therefore welcome food. Be careful even with larger geckos like Phelsuma grandis – attacks from chameleons are also known for this species. On the other hand, larger lizards can easily eat small chameleons.Sep 7, 2014[10]
Resources
[1]https://www.chameleonschool.com/how-often-do-chameleons-eat/
[2]https://www.exoticdirect.co.uk/news/what-do-chameleons-eat
[3]https://reptilesmagazine.com/veiled-chameleon-care-sheet/
[4]https://chameleonacademy.com/basics-feeding-chameleons/
[5]https://www.forestwildlife.org/how-long-can-a-chameleon-go-without-eating/
[6]https://thetyedyediguana.com/blog/can-you-keep-chameleons-in-pairs/
[7]http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/2012/12/26/chameleons-as-pets-5-things-you-should-know-before-getting-a-chameleon/%23:~:text%3DHighly%2520territorial%252C%2520both%2520males%2520and,as%2520animals%2520to%2520observe%2520only.
[8]https://a-z-animals.com/animals/chameleon/%23:~:text%3DChameleons%2520do%2520not%2520live%2520in,are%2520known%2520as%2520solitary%2520animals.
[9]https://dragonstrand.com/keeping-chameleons-together/%23:~:text%3DOutside%2520of%2520mating%2520and%2520territory,obviously%2520need%2520to%2520be%2520together.
[10]https://www.madcham.de/en/vergesellschaftung/%23:~:text%3DSmall%2520geckos%252C%2520anoles%252C%2520frogs%252C,can%2520easily%2520eat%2520small%2520chameleons.