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eric adrignola
at Sun Apr 24 08:25:31 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by eric adrignola ]
Chameleons can easily digest mice. I've fed fuzzies to my veileds many times in the past - and the feces was no different than when fed insects.
Is it a good idea? No. You can get into all sorts of discussions about weather it's good for them or not, etc. Pinkies are, pound for pound, less nutritioous than almost any insects. they're high fat, but not as much as waxworms. Sometimes, they're calcified well, buit you're better off with a gutloaded insect.
Will it hurt them? No. I've never encountered a problem, and melleri in particular are known to weat small birds and lizards in the wild.
It's simply not really that great for them, and certainly not worth the expense $1 worth of insect is always more nurtious than $1 worth of mammal.
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