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HE set him down for five seconds and he ate a wasp before i even saw it....well i saw him chewing it but i didn't have time to grabb the wasp before he ate the whole thing.

he wont get hurt will he?

if he wont get hurt can i have him attack wasp nests around my house?

And they think I'm a nut

Hi-

I know bees are toxic because of the stinger, but I don't know if one will kill a chameleon or not, never had a chameleon eat one. A wasp is a little bigger then a bee and has a more potent sting (I know form experience), but once again I have never had a chameleon eat one so I don't know the outcome. Only time will tell, but I would not let it happen again the problem with them is the stinger and that is what I would be worried about. Hope this helps!
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John @ Chameleon Paradise
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I once had a Jackson in a flowering bush in my yard. I watched him eat about 6 wasps and a bee. No ill effects.

Good luck with your cham.
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today all he has is a bunch of scales on his chin have changed to black (not mouth rot) and he rests his tongue on it so it sticks out.....it isn't swelling

i was worried about him moving around tomuch and getting his stomach stung.

I have never seen a cham eat one in real life, but I have seen several cham videos, and pictures in books, of them eating them in the wild. I would be careful though, the ones I saw were in the wild. There might be some hunting strategy that captive bred chams don't know about !!!!

It is only the female that stings so there was a 50/50 chance it was a male. As for allowing him to attack your wasp nests - then you ARE asking for trouble, but I assume you were joking

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>>HE set him down for five seconds and he ate a wasp before i even saw it....well i saw him chewing it but i didn't have time to grabb the wasp before he ate the whole thing.
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>>he wont get hurt will he?
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>>if he wont get hurt can i have him attack wasp nests around my house?