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Memnoch
03-17-04, 01:30 PM
Has anyone fed their chameleons (veiled) fuzzies or pinkies?

They should have more nutrition that crickets wouldn't they?

geckoguy157
03-17-04, 01:47 PM
one of mine took a pinkie once i wouldnt recomend using fuzzie's though i found most my veild chameleons didnt like them i dont know about other species though

Collide
03-17-04, 02:27 PM
I personally have not feed pinkies although i know people that have. It can be a good rare treet for your larger cham, the thing about then is they are harder to digest and contain alot of proteen so are not good for beeing fed on a regular basis. That is my understanding anyway correct me if im wrong.

choriona
03-17-04, 02:51 PM
i have tried my guys with pinkies. Only one will eat them, and only if it is live. The rest ignored them. My veiled that does eat them only has one, even if two are offered.
I do not know of the nutritional content of pinkies, or if they are something a cham wouldn't encounter and eat in the wild.
But I'll agree with collide, probably just good as an occasional treat.

drewlowe
03-17-04, 04:04 PM
I've read that you can feed them to chams (or that's what my 3 books say) but they caution you about overdoing it. Personally i'm not going to neo gets plenty of good gutloaded insects.

meow_mix450
03-17-04, 11:31 PM
not gonna bother, to messy. But ya its only like a treat, that only happens every so often

Meow