Franquixote
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My 2 year old panther just started eating superworms- he refused them for the last 2 years, afraid of them even. Must have been bit as a hatchling or something.
Anyway, for those that are squeamish about these guys biting, all you have to do is run some cool/lukewarm water over them in a small continer 3-4 times and they get paralyzed (no fear of biting you or the lizard).
Yesterday afternoon I put a msall amount of gut load in with 2 superworms and misted the container. The small amount of water must have killed them.
The room they are in is chilly- 65-67 so I thought they might just be cld but it has been an hour with no signs of life
Think it's safe to feed to him or would you think that the second they die bad stuff starts happening inside that would potentially make the chameleon sick?
They are still flexible and don't have any odor.
Thinking dumb to take a chance but if any of you regularly feed off recently deceased worms (a day tops) I don't want to just throw away something that was alive... just my thing about being respectful to the prey as well as predator.
Anyway, for those that are squeamish about these guys biting, all you have to do is run some cool/lukewarm water over them in a small continer 3-4 times and they get paralyzed (no fear of biting you or the lizard).
Yesterday afternoon I put a msall amount of gut load in with 2 superworms and misted the container. The small amount of water must have killed them.
The room they are in is chilly- 65-67 so I thought they might just be cld but it has been an hour with no signs of life
Think it's safe to feed to him or would you think that the second they die bad stuff starts happening inside that would potentially make the chameleon sick?
They are still flexible and don't have any odor.
Thinking dumb to take a chance but if any of you regularly feed off recently deceased worms (a day tops) I don't want to just throw away something that was alive... just my thing about being respectful to the prey as well as predator.