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I just wanted to know if there would be a problem feeding roaches that are bigger than the chameleons mouth.

One of my females loves roaches...she even eats the ones that are so big my males wont touch. I discovered this one day when I put her in his cage to breed...she spotted an adult orange head roach that my male had left over...ran over to it and gobbled it up...biting it in half then picking up the severed half and eating that as well...

Does anyone see any potential problems to her eating large roaches?
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From Sunny Florida
Jovana's kids listed below
1.1 Ambanja Panther
1.1 Tamatave Panther
1.1 Ambilobe Panther

If that species of roach doesn't have spines on their legs probably not a big problem. I would still offer her smaller ones normally as they will be easier for her to digest. I had a verrucosus who would steal huge hornworms from a free range melleri and literally force them down his own throat by pressing the worm against a branch.

I can just picture that! Luna ate a silkie today that was a good 2.5" long! She almost didn't know what to do with it!
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0.1 veiled - Luna
0.2 house geckos - Gaia & Tia (both MIA
0.2 felines - Kyndra and Líta
1.0 African Clawed Frog (for summer)
0.5 Mad. Hissers (for summer - all girls, no little ones, whew!)

I've fed good sized hissers to a large male veiled a few times that were probably a good 2 inches long. It's completely disgusting to watch, but he takes them fine. I also had a panther eat a hawkmoth (hummingbird moth) a long time ago, and again, no problems with that. Just stand back, cause a big roach can give out quite a squirt when crushed in the jaws of a big chameleon.

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Tyler Stewart
Las Vegas NV
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