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I Orderd up some tomato worms and I forgot to keep my eyes on them and well there full grown. Did any body ever hear of a panther chameleon choking to death. Do you think he can still eat them, and get them down, and not choke to death. I mean these things are really big. Or should I just keep them and let them grow in to a cocoon so I will have some for later. Has any body ever tried this before. Please let me know........Scott.............Thanks....

He should be fine, I feed some really big grasshoppers to my male Panther occasionally when I don't feel like feeding them to my monitors or water dragon (they're inside and the panther is outside.)theses grasshoppers are bigger than what you would think he could handle and he eats them just find. Although not the same species and different in their habits I used to occasionally buy zebra finches and feed them to my Parson's when I had them. The finches seemed a little large but it was like giving them candy the way the Parsons took them.

Thanks for getting back so fast. I think I'll try it and see what happens.thanks .......Scott............

I've been feeding goliath worms for quite a while to my ambanjas and ambilobes. They love them. When they start getting REALLY big the chams seem to be less interested. So I let them cuccoon and in about 3 weeks (in 90 degree weather) the morphed just fine. I fed out the moths to my ambilobe. They should lay eggs if you put them in a screen enclosure with a large tomato plant. Then scoop out the eggs and feed them the regular silkworm chow you can get from any one of the places that sell it. The silkworm chow is cheaper and keeps the worms green instead of teal blue, which the chams seem to like better. Good luck.

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