Cute baby chameleon eats for the first time (Ch. calyptratus) [Inferion7]
Chamaeleo calyptratus
Veiled chameleon (English)
Chameleon jemenský (Česky)
Chamaleón velado (Español)
Dad Jemenchamäleon
1851 (Duméril & Bibron)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Chamaeleonidae
Genus: Chamaeleo
This video is about baby veiled chameleons born between 3-5.06.2015. There were 19 newborn chameleons but in this video you can see only 2 of them, the eldest ones. One of them is eating for the first time and the second one is just climbing and observing. You can see all of them in my channel, there are many videos about them.
When they hatched I put them to the terrarium (40 x 30 x 60 - length x width x height). First day I tried to feed them but it was too soon. The next day I tried to gave them small crickets with cut off jumping legs (this video). They were slow and not sure but after a while one of them caught the cricket and ate it. It's kinda big (small cricket) for a newborn chameleon so I bought 7 boxes of fruit flies. There were several hundreds of them and then I fed them on micro crickets and then smaller crickets. After a month I was giving them small flies, small grasshoppers and small butterflies, also mid size cricket, but not so often. They have been growing up really quickly. When they were 2 months old they were able to eat adult crickets (Acheta domestica). They also ate cockroaches (Shelfordella tartara) and big flies, earwigs, small worms (Tenebrio molitor), all size grasshoppers from meadows. They were able to eat up to 200 mid size crickets per day, maybe more. For the first month I was feeding them 3 times a day. Then sometimes 3 times a day but mostly 2 times a day, now then they are 3 months old I feed them 1 time a day, sometimes 2 times. One of them is able to eat 10-20 adult crickets a day but I give them like 10 crickets a day. Once a week I use the Reptivite with D3 and almost every day I cover their food in calcium. It's called biomin H, I bought it in pharmacy, it's suitable for people too.
Now they live in terrarium made of OSB boards and metal netting. Its sizes are 60 x 50 x 120 (length x width x height). They have 2 bulbs (25W, energy rating E - not enough light, intense heat - up to 34°C), 1 lamp (70W flood 45°C angle, very strong one with UVA and UVB, 30 cm above the terrarium) and 1 fluorescent tube (Narva biovital - very strong full spectrum light). They have many willow branches, 4 different plants (Schefflera, Scindapsus, Dracaena braunii probably and some other one that I do not know). I have made some ladders for climbing on. There is no substrate in their terrarium, I use only paper towels, it's easy to clean and they won't eat it. I used to have peat but they ate it sometimes.
If you want to ask me some question about them (breeding, mating, feeding) I can answer and help you. I know a lot especially about tarantulas (Theraphosidae) but I also know about Veiled chameleons.
Music was composed by me using my digital stage piano Yamaha NP-V80 and I composed this song in Magix Music Maker. I own rights to any music or shots.
Hope you enjoyed the video and if you want, you can find more in my channel. There are videos especially about tarantula (Theraphosidae) but also about chameleons, mantises, stick insects and so on.
Thank you for watching the video and reading my video description.
First cricket and he gets a double kill. MLG
Surprised he didn't go for the 360 no scope
+Nate M thts what i was thinking lmao
+Joshua Gipson looool
+Nate M New pro was born
+Nate M Um, he picked up 2 but one dropped.
yo he waited for the crickets to pair up so he could grab them both.. hes a legend
stevepwn thechameleon27
/// Antoniozilla /// dun dun dun
yeah
Double Kill! Chameleon is Legendary!
Chameleon: "I love this restaurant!" 😊 they are so cute!!!!
Baby's first of many insect murders
Murder? more like the cycle of life
cycle of life? more like murder
Cycle of life and hunting
Then what do we do? @Shamweeniedog10 We kill pigs cows chickens ect ect. its just how life works
so he got two in his first try. He would be a legend among the Chamaleon!
My frog died when he was 1 year old :( Rest in peace Lewes 2011-2012
I mean the baby chameleon is cute but eating it while the cricket is moving is just... You know it made me shake😂
Those crickets look a little too big, maybe I'm wrong though
I thought the same thing, but the rule of thumb is to not feed your cham anything that is wider than the space between its eyes and these did not look any wider than that.
it first looked like cocoroach
Chameleon: Hmmmmm, I should make healthy decisions. Hmmmm this cricket? Nah it's 200 calories What about this one? Ahhh 500 calories Hmmmm what about this one 800 calories That's a healthy life decision!
I l❤VE their feet
SOOO CUTE the crickets look a lil too big though.
Music made me reevaluate my life choices
0:58 how can he look so innocent while eating an alive insect
Kid is a natural
Damn that Chameleon got a collateral on his first snipe
Even the crickets are cute! Look at the little guy in the bottom right corner @ 0:31 aww
Oh my god.they so cute.😍
Goodbye Jimmy Lee. You were a great cricket.
Hey don't forget about Timmy!
Its crazy how animals just know how to eat by themselves. The chameleon just did a perfect hunt on it first eat. A human baby couldn't save itself it wanted to.
It's so cool how they grow, they have this strong extinct to just open their mouthes and just grab the crickets with their toungue. Also great video 😄
Chameleons are fascinating creatures. There's nothing else on Earth quite like them with the sticky tongue, eyes that can see literally all around, the ability to change color and those cool little alien karate chop hands.
did you know that they can spend more then 2 hours chewing insects?
meow give me food WTF
oh
meow give me food *than 😑 I'm sorry, I just can't not correct you
that's alot of time to waste
80 crickets disliked this video
Well done Kermit
Johanna Zevenbergen kermit is a frog 🐸
Johanna Zevenbergen pretty sure it's ms.piggy
😍😍😍So cute~
I'm going to have 89 chameleons in 2 months =) That will be cute =)
To je střelec, trefil dva najednou!
He's adorable!
I thought those size crickets would be too big for a baby but he/she seem to have done fine with it 👍
I love chameleons :-) Já mám rád chameleony :-)
=)
What a champ! almost gets to eat two in one go. 👏
Mooie baby kameleon ook heeeeel schattig ik hou mijn spreekbeurt over de kameleon
Love that they can just hunt free like that awesome
Cute. Too cute !!!😄😄
Whoa! Big cricket for such a tiny guy! XD
So beautiful!!!!
That was adorable. And you, my friend, have earned yourself a new sub. Cheers!
didnt read the comments and i yelled "YO HE GOT TWO IN ONE!" what a little legend
very cute baby!!
so adorable
Nice idea to feed your great animal
it is so cute!
Very cute!
Great job little one
Awwww soooooooooo cute and tiny
Chamelions are sooooooo cute
Double hit! So cute
Amazing Video by the way
+Eduardo Crespo Thank you.
So cute
omg I have one too ! so f cuteeee
Cool set up
That's so cute
He so cuteee
Very nice! They are lovely! Any trics for me? Mine is 8 months old.
Awww there so cute
so cute
it's so cute
The little darling.
Can't get better first time results than that! How many 1st time archers can say they hit the bullseye twice with 1 arrow?
awesome im gettin a chameleon for Christmas
Awesome!
I remember this moment with my Jacksons Chameleon.
Brutal
dam if they didn't eat crickets I would totally get one. RIP cricket.
Same
I couldn't do that either. I don't eat animals or insects so it would be hard for me to feed something else live things but thanks. I enjoy watching video of these awesome creatures
+AngieSoEpic360 I hate killing animals as well but I know that it's just natural for them to be eating other animals. We're getting a chameleon this week so hopefully I'll be able to handle feeding him live crickets.
Amber Ocean If you can't handle feeding it, why get it?
+Plutoid caus I know I probably can handle it. And chameleons are amazing.
i like very much chameleons
Can you feed a chameleon canned or prepackaged crickets
IM STRUCK!!!!! 0:44 Ya cutie haha
so cute I'm planning on getting a chameleon.Do they shed like my bearded tell me if they do.
aww hot cute I also have a chamaleon is a female and she's growing big
超かわいいw
Those crickets look a little big for him
Almost a 2fer surprising...
aww so coot
Quick question maybe someone can answer, did that person put anything specific on that plastic to keep the crickets inside?
Unbelievably squee 😍😘
So cute oh my gosh my chameleon is a baby too but so cute
Awesome video!
Thank you.
Kawaiiiiiiiii!!!!
The face I make when I see a chameleon :3
This vid is freaking awesome. I also have 13 baby I day old chameleons
Thank you. Congratulations.
I'm interested in breeding and selling my panther chameleon. what do you if you cant sell some? I'm sure you may have tons of cages but for someone just starting out
that's cool
I read somewhere that you should feed it crickets about the size of the length between his brows. Those exceed it by like 3 times!
Yea, you read something somewhere but I breed them. I know what I'm doing, these crickets were slightly bigger, but those chameleons were able to eat them. There is no rule how big their food should be.
I love cameleons
Cute cricket gets eaten for the first time
man he almost got 2 in 1!
What a hunter =)
Great video..very cool.
+Spider Man Thank you Spider Man.
That was a good one for your first kill You are amazing
This is cute I have a veal ed chameleon and his name is Mr. Pickles
awwwwwwwww
Aw, I bet that filled the little guy up!
Yea =)
Reminds me of gene from the senior home.
Those crickets are way too big! Need them to be half size! Smaller crickets have softer bodies and will digest easier for the baby chams.
He made it. =) But initially I fed them using fruit flies and micro crickets.
Yummmmm!
yum yum yum yum yum
He had a meal in one bite i guess.
question: how do they know these are food for them to eat?
Instinct.
Even at .25 speed that tounge shoots out hella fuckin quick.
where could you buy a youngling like this
+Eduardo Crespo On some terraristic fair, but I don't recommend you to buy younger than 2-months old chameleons. This one was few hours old.
Maybe the first cricket, but not the first time
I'm getting one next week, any suggestions of what they like?
zeif fir crickets are a good main source and remember to dust them with calcium
Small moving bugs. They didn't evolve those eyes for nothing.
Or that tongue for that matter...
+zeif fir make sure the crickets are properly gut loaded and hydrated, they are vessels of nutrients for your chameleon.
Cool
+electrodude5 Thanks.
How old before they eat ? Mine is a week old they Wont eat ?
I have 6 naboens non of Them eat ?