Hi I'm new here, I have a 10 month old male panther chameleon. I was trying to breed mealworms and superworms and i have them in open bins in room. I keep my chameleon in the same room and let him out at night sometimes to sleep in a big ficus tree. I think he ate some of the beetles- is this ok? Or is the beetle'e shell to hard for him to digest? So far he's ok but its not like I feed them regularly to him. But I do have an excess of mealworm beetles... does anyone know if its safe for my cham to have some?
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mealworm beetles?
lmay777
Mar 31, 2006 03:01 AM
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schwartzenstobe
Mar 31, 2006 06:59 AM
The beetles make a nice crunchy snake from time to time. There is more shell than meat so on occasion. My cham loves them. Good luck Matt
lele
Mar 31, 2006 04:08 PM
as Matt said, they are fine from time to time. The superworm beetles give off a defensive chemical (harmless, but stinky) so your cham may or may not eat them - depends if they release before he gets it to his face 
If you are interested here is a great superworm breeding site
Breeding Superworms
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