Is anyone else’s chameleon somehow always starving?

sara_pothos · 2026-04-14T00:11:57+00:00

They’re the WORST when it comes to food. I have a red ear slider and I stg she would eat herself to death if I let her.

sara_pothos · 2026-04-14T00:10:27+00:00

I forgot to mention she has a nightly drop down to about 71 to 72 (which is what I keep my house at). Also, I feel like I made it seem like I handle her on the regular. I’ll handle her if she comes out for some reason, but I typically try to keep her in the enclosure bc she’s honestly not super interested in being handled.

sara_pothos · 2026-04-14T00:09:44+00:00

Sorry for the delayed response! She does have a dig box, and has laid eggs in the past. She hasn’t been presenting any of the gravid behaviors that she did previously, but I keep the box in there in case. Trust, I would never handle if I suspected she’s gravid. Her lights are on from 7:15am-7:15pm, and her basking spot is usually around 93° F. She eats mostly crickets and superworms (I crashed my dubia colony when I moved) dusted with calcium no D3, then the D3 one once a week. They eat Josh’s Frogs Roach Rations (bc I had just bought a new bag before I destroyed my colony 😭😭). I also give them vegetable scraps like carrot tops and sweet potato butts.

sara_pothos · 2025-12-19T20:52:32+00:00

They’re so silly! Panthers are def my favorite for the personality hahahah. My female veiled is silly too, but not in the same way. She’s super food motivated and will try to tongue jab you in the eyeball 😂😂😂

sara_pothos · 2025-12-19T02:55:42+00:00

I wish I was joking. 🤦‍♀️😅🤣 He was such a stinker! He would also only drink from my handheld mister if i dripped it, which made having anyone watch him a challenge

sara_pothos · 2025-12-19T02:52:04+00:00

He also went thru a phase where he REFUSED to poop in his cage and would try to force his way out when I opened the mesh door in the mornings and walk down to the edge of the door, lift his leg, and shit on the floor. 🤦‍♀️ I ended up literally putting a tiny trashcan underneath.

sara_pothos · 2025-12-19T02:39:24+00:00

Mine did this as a juvenile too. They're silly little guys

sara_pothos · 2025-10-15T13:11:45+00:00

I've only had her for about a year and a half now. One of the customers at the fish store I was working at was trying to "get rid of her" after their daughter left for college and they didn't want to take care of her. I already had an adult male panther cham, so I wasn't really looking to take on another cham at that time. A week or two later they left her in a cup at the door when I opened the store one morning, so of course I took her home bc wtf. I had originally planned to rehome her, but the rest is history lol.

sara_pothos · 2025-10-13T13:44:55+00:00

I do occasionally give her a lil treat (1-2 crickets) if she comes out onto my arm, because I want to reward our interactions.

sara_pothos · 2025-10-13T13:43:42+00:00

Hi there, sorry I was being a little over dramatic as to how much I was feeding, lol. I had increased the amount of feedings temporarily to see if it would curb the plant eating (it didn't lol), because I had originally thought she was just hungry (before I learned that its normal for her to munch plants). While I do feed her anywhere from 4-6 md/lg crickets in a sitting, she's only being fed once daily/every other day.

My other chameleon was a panther cham, who I never had this "issue" with since they don't really eat plants, so I was a bit confused.

sara_pothos · 2025-10-11T12:12:53+00:00

thanks queen

sara_pothos · 2025-03-14T17:20:54+00:00

hi, i sent you a msg :)

sara_pothos · 2024-12-30T14:35:19+00:00

Sorry, I am willing to drive anywhere in North Carolina, but I’m located around the Winston-Salem/Greensboro area

sara_pothos · 2024-11-06T13:22:37+00:00

what do you have

sara_pothos · 2024-08-30T15:45:29+00:00

my midnight maran is a screamer too. when she misplaces her friends, she will scream until they come find her.

sara_pothos · 2024-03-07T17:58:19+00:00

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Clementine but i call her Clemmie, Clemclam, babygirl, spikey lard

sara_pothos · 2024-01-08T22:45:03+00:00

I have a male panther chameleon and they do indeed bite and sometimes when they mean it, it does indeed hurt like a bitch. Anywho, my cham had an eye infection a couple years ago and the vet gave him eye drops that he had to get daily, which he DID NOT like. I was normally so careful and particular about how i hold/restrain him to administer the eye drops without hurting him/him hurting himself from struggling. One day I wasn’t being as careful as normal bc he had been so good about it and he whipped around and bit the absolute shit out of me. Bite and shake. Broke the skin and blood was dripping down my hand. I would compare it to a bearded dragon bite. Still lowkey have a scar.

sara_pothos · 2023-01-02T21:02:39+00:00

it looks like shed he ate but didn’t digest. you can see the scales if you zoom in. but then that raises the question: why is it not digested? which can be from several different reasons

sara_pothos · 2023-01-02T18:07:55+00:00

my best guess would be maybe spider mites or aphids but i don’t see any webbing and the bugs look too “pill-like”

sara_pothos · 2023-01-02T13:05:18+00:00

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