julianfremaint
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What types of worms could I feed my 4 month old panther?
Worms?
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julianfremaint
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Do i need to cut there heads off?
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Olimpia
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Anything as long as it is size appropriate! So baby mealworms, baby superworms, baby silkworms, baby hornworms, wax worms, butterworms, etc.
Caution when ordering hornworms - they grow to be 4" monsters within a week depending on temperature, so since your cham is little still I wouldn't order them unless I had a wine cooler or something like that to keep them cool and stunt their growth. Otherwise they'll outgrow your cham and he won't be able to eat them.
Unless you have any other reptiles that could eat them, like a bearded dragon or something.
And yes, the head myth is just that, a myth. No insect is going to eat its way out of your chameleon. Besides, chameleons chew pretty well, I can't imagine anything survives to arrive in the stomach, much less long enough to chew their way out.
Caution when ordering hornworms - they grow to be 4" monsters within a week depending on temperature, so since your cham is little still I wouldn't order them unless I had a wine cooler or something like that to keep them cool and stunt their growth. Otherwise they'll outgrow your cham and he won't be able to eat them.
Unless you have any other reptiles that could eat them, like a bearded dragon or something.
And yes, the head myth is just that, a myth. No insect is going to eat its way out of your chameleon. Besides, chameleons chew pretty well, I can't imagine anything survives to arrive in the stomach, much less long enough to chew their way out.
Psychobunny
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I have only had hornworms a few times, they are messy, and they do grow
very fast, they are also too expensive for me to use a lot.
Silkies grow pretty fast to, but if you limit how much they eat, you can keep
them a small size a little longer.
very fast, they are also too expensive for me to use a lot.
Silkies grow pretty fast to, but if you limit how much they eat, you can keep
them a small size a little longer.
Chameleon Creator
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They did a study on this as well, even if a worm survived through the chewing phase, the worm goes into a dormant stage where it basically sleeps while in the chameleon, because it is dark, appropriate temperature and a closed space. They will literally sleep will being digested
