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I was told that when you feed your Cham mealworms you have to cut its head off because it can chew through your Chams stomach. If i didnt have to do this it would make feeding a lot easier. Thanks

Ian

I have fed my chams meal worms without cutting their heads off and others i know do so as well with no problems. I also feed super worms to some of my older chams and the chew them up just fine. I would not cut the heads off just sounds like a time consuming hassle to me so I would just feed them to your chams with heads intact. If your worried about you can find the meal worms that look white because they will have just shed and be quite soft.
Hope this helps

I have never cut their heads off. I worked in the reptile department of a local pet store for 3 years, and never did that. The self proclaimed "reptile manager" always did, but then she did a lot of weird things... we had these lizards that burrowed, and kept wondered why she kept ordering more and more. But she was in charge there, and we thought at first she knew what she was doing... One time after I cleaned the all the lizards were out, and I told her how many we had. She got VERY excited and proclaimed "Oh my god, they're breeding!" the rest of us had a good laugh over that.

But for the mealworms, it hasn't been a problem. Even the lizards I have seen swallow them whole had no problems. Someone once pointed out how quickly the mealworms drown in water, and mentioned that they wouldn't have time to chew out before they died from lack of air.

And I would think that if they chewed even a little, the lizards who just swallowed them would tend to shy away from them, but they still seem to prefer them.