do you have to crush the head or waxworms before feeding chameleons?
Reptile & Amphibian Forums
Welcome to kingsnake.com's message board system. Here you may share and discuss information with others about your favorite reptile and amphibian related topics such as care and feeding, caging requirements, permits and licenses, and more. Launched in 1997, the kingsnake.com message board system is one of the oldest and largest systems on the internet.
feeding chameleons
fitzroy08
Mar 27, 2006 09:06 PM
Replies (2)
kinyonga
Mar 28, 2006 08:58 AM
No. I free-range my insects instead of handfeeding unless I'm demonstrating to someone how the chameleon's eat.
The only time I crush the head on an insect before feeding it to a chameleon is if the chameleon is so sick that it might not chew the insect properly or at all when its put into its mouth....and that's mostly because its easier to get the insect into the chameleon's mouth that way.
sandrachameleon
Jul 29, 2006 05:53 PM
No. Everything fed to healthy chameleons should be alive. Dont offer wax-worms very often either - high in fat, low in nutrition. Consider butterworms, silkworms, and small roaches, in addition to the standard crickets.
