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Do any of you have the problem of putting silkworms in with your chams and then the silkies go into that "Stand-Up-Straight-And-Dont-Make-A-Move" routine? My chams usually forget about them after a minute or so if they stop moving (okay...Lester and Shogo aren't too bright!).

So, I figured I would turn to you, the Chamelon Community, for brilliant tips about making silkworms better "attention-grabbers"...

Please let me know your secrets, tips, and hints...
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5 Month Old Ambanja Male I - LESTER
5 Month Old Ambanja Male II - SHOGO

i think that stand up postion means it time for them to shed
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-Jamie Whitehouse
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Then at this exact moment I have 7 silkworms that are "ready to shed." They were randomly selected from a colony of 1000 and are varous sizes. My guess is that this is a defense mechanism (and fairly effective actually).
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5 Month Old Ambanja Male I - LESTER
5 Month Old Ambanja Male II - SHOGO

Hmmm.. Does he eat them ever? How long have you been trying? Silks can be pretty still sometimes, but mine seems to recognize them now and they don't last long! I wonder if yours just doesn't recognize them as food yet. As I recall, mine was a little slow to start on them too. Chams are incredibly good at sensing movement and a healthy silk won't stay still forever.

I've never tried it, but some people dust them with spirulina powder which makes them green - a color that chams are attracted to.

hth,
Joel Fish