Silkworms

[Sobe]

Hey everyone I'm a newbie and just joined chamforums. I have a female sambava/ambanja cross breed around 4 months old. Is it okay to feed her silkworms? I have recently for the first time, and she ate 2 but for the past 3 days she has completely ignored them and refuses to chow down on them. Any ideas why?

In additon to the silkworms I had some crickets that she ate and 1 small hornworm that she chowed down on as well. I apolagize in advanced if the question has already been answered. I browsed through the archives but didn't see anything. Thanks for any feedback.

 

[sandrachameleon]

Welcome!
Yes, its okay to feed any age chameleon silkworms of an appropriate size. She may be refusing them because she got bored of them (they like variety, a different bug each meal) or perhaps the last one she ate was a little too big, or perhaps they arent moving around as much as the crickets and thus are not as exciting.

 

[ToniandGizmo]

Silkworms don't move around much and therefore don't seem to trigger the hunting instinct like a faster moving feeder would.

After I put silkies on the branches for Gizmo, I actually blow on them to make them react and therefore "move" more. Seems to do the trick for Giz.

 

[summoner12]

I find placing the silkworm on the side of the cage on the screen works... the worms tend to sway a bit trying to feel there way around the flat surface.

sometimes they don't grab the screen right away so you need to hold them to the screen for a second.

 

[Sobe]

Thanks for the replies. My main concern was just ensuring that the silkworms were okay to eat. Thanks again.