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Brodybreaux25
Chameleon Enthusiast
Awesome! I’m sure your cham will be just as pleased with you with that in his belly!
Arpretty
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I’m hoping so!
LittleVeiledExplorer
Member
Impressive! It was a hornworm once right? I would love to know how you managed to keep it alive long enough for metamorphosis. Mine all die off if I don't give them to my Cham before they run out of food.
Arpretty
Avid Member
Yes, this was a hornworm. I stocked up on hornworm chow and transferred 3 of them into a glass tank with screen lid - filled a small Tupperware container with peat moss and put it in there. Once they were super fat and turning a bit of a yellowish color (and not eating or moving anymore), I put them in the peat moss. They pupated while in the peat moss. I set up a heat lamp to rest on the screen lid and sprayed the peat moss daily at this point. Today, I had my first hatch. Waiting on the 2 others now.
Brodybreaux25
Chameleon Enthusiast
What?!?!? No video? What a tease!Update - he ate it. It was a sight to see
JoshD49
Chameleon Enthusiast
Agree with @Brodybreaux25 no video or pic then it didn't happen.
Brodybreaux25
Chameleon Enthusiast
Allow me to ease the disappointment:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/media/female-veiled-nails-hummingbird-moth-in-slow-mo.48064/
https://www.chameleonforums.com/media/female-veiled-nails-hummingbird-moth-in-slow-mo.48064/
Arpretty
Avid Member
Ugh I know!!!! It literally took him hours to decide if he wanted it. I was sitting on the couch then wham! He was chomping down. I was sad I didn’t get digital proof but.... I have a couple others waiting to hatch
Arpretty
Avid Member
Yep, pretty much what it looked like - besides the cool slow-mo
CJ's Exotics
Chameleon Enthusiast
This is kind of funny, I did nothing special, and I hatched moths in the container. 
