DeadLegend
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Can chams eat slugs? Regular garden slugs? And are rolly polies a good idea for babies?
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kenya
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I would say no to the slugs- some are toxic and most have an analgesic effect (banana slugs were used by native Americans to cure toothaches) and they eat rotting material- you never know what they have been on or in. They can also carry flukes.
Pill Bugs might be okay....let a more experienced member chime in on that.
Personally, I have a pet garden snail who I have had for a few months...she exploded babies one day- about 60 of them, so I let them get a bit bigger and have fed them off a small clump at a time to each of my chams (seemed like an interesting treat and good calcium source) They didn't seem to like them and gave me some dirty looks afterward. I have tons of babies left- at least 45.
Pill Bugs might be okay....let a more experienced member chime in on that.
Personally, I have a pet garden snail who I have had for a few months...she exploded babies one day- about 60 of them, so I let them get a bit bigger and have fed them off a small clump at a time to each of my chams (seemed like an interesting treat and good calcium source) They didn't seem to like them and gave me some dirty looks afterward. I have tons of babies left- at least 45.
FaunaBgirl
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Pill bugs gave one of my lizards a mouth infection that killed him. Moths are ok.... but I highly recommend getting your bugs from the store or online. My vet recommends raising my own crickets. Ants keep getting to them and killing them so I can't do that here. So I get them and feed them (gut load and dust) the best I can. A wide variety of worms help out tremendously. I order them online and have them sent to me. I spend around 80.00 a month, feeding 3 chams.
sandrachameleon
Chameleon Enthusiast
I breed rollie-pollies (aka wood sows, aka pill bugs) - which is very easy to do - and use them as a feeder about twice a month. Never had an issue. They are easy to gutload. The chameleons LOVE them. But the chinton may be hard to digest, so dont offer them too often.
ciafardo 4
New Member
pill bugs are a bit small for a meal no?
sandrachameleon
Chameleon Enthusiast
A single pillbug wouldnt make a very big meal for an adult, no.
I always give them a larva or something along with the pill bug. But the pill bugs are what they want more of!
I always give them a larva or something along with the pill bug. But the pill bugs are what they want more of!
Pill bugs and sow bugs are two different bugs...the ones that roll up and are slightly more shiny are pill bugs, the ones that don't roll up and look a little duller are sow bugs...
http://www.pestcontrolcanada.com/INSECTS/pill_bugs_sow_bugs.htm
http://www.pestcontrolcanada.com/sow_bugs.htm
http://www.pestcontrolcanada.com/INSECTS/pill_bugs_sow_bugs.htm
http://www.pestcontrolcanada.com/sow_bugs.htm
sandrachameleon
Chameleon Enthusiast
They're both Anthropods; Order: Isopodalem. You can raise them together and feed either one /both to chameleons.
Crustaceans, Rolly Poleys/ pill bugs, Wood Lice, Centipedes, millipedes are related to one another.
Pillbugs (woodlice of the family Armadillidiidae) can be confused with Pill millipedes although they are only very distantly related to one another.
greenthumb25
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can you feed them termites? i had a service come over the other day for some termite inspection toronto and they found a large colony. im thinking of letting my chams loose on them. lol
