Odd question, I know.
With feeding my guy crickets, various worms, etc, size was never a concern, as all were small to medium sized.
I'm now feeding (very well fed) dubias as a primary, and I'm farming them.
I find myself atm at an in-between.
I have large 'thumb-sized' roaches, and small pinky-nail roaches, but am low on the 'thumb-nail to top half of thumb sized roaches'.
So, the question is, how big can a dubia be for a chameleon to eat?
Should it fit completely in his mouth?
A 2 biter?
I understand a large one (and I have some larger than his head) can cause damage.
Just wondering, say his mouth size is 'X', whats a safe ratio?
1/2 X?
X?
1.5X?
Fight to the death for your food X?
Etc...
With feeding my guy crickets, various worms, etc, size was never a concern, as all were small to medium sized.
I'm now feeding (very well fed) dubias as a primary, and I'm farming them.
I find myself atm at an in-between.
I have large 'thumb-sized' roaches, and small pinky-nail roaches, but am low on the 'thumb-nail to top half of thumb sized roaches'.
So, the question is, how big can a dubia be for a chameleon to eat?
Should it fit completely in his mouth?
A 2 biter?
I understand a large one (and I have some larger than his head) can cause damage.
Just wondering, say his mouth size is 'X', whats a safe ratio?
1/2 X?
X?
1.5X?
Fight to the death for your food X?
Etc...