How do you know your chameleons have ate?

Question

or are the crickets just escaping!! can you tell by p**p? ugh, im getting more crickets tonight and have not witnessed them eat yet. i also DO NOT have crickets running around on my carpet that i can see anyway...so are they eating?what do you think? and when is it the best time to feed them..night or day?? thanks much!

Answer 1

when the foods gone

Answer 2

you keep saying "they" I hope you dont have them housed together, and chams are very shy and stressed animals all the time. they take a while(months) at the least to even remotely warm up to people. to be sure take say 5 crix, take there back 2 legs off on both sides(yes im serous I know many cham owners that do this) and put them in a little bowl sitting somewhere in the terrarium (not the bottom) check back a few hours later and if some crix are gone then they ate them because they cant jump without those back legs.

Answer 3

what kind of bedding do you have? if it is like wood chips they might be hidding or if you have a lot of leaves they could also be hidding there too.

Answer 4

a friend of mine has a chameleon and he used to feed him when he was small by putting him on his arm and the cricket on his hand, chameleon saw the cricket moving and ate him, same again till chameleon was full and not bothered. he has been known to have a web cam on the chameleon to make sure he eats, this way he can watch without disturbing his chameleon, sounds a bit odd i know but it works plus you get some great videos of him eating

Answer 5

well if their stomic is bigger in the morn then it ate but if smaller  try to get something so they dont exscape