exactly and we bairly grip it and sometimes there not even in between the tongs and just crawling on them so he sees them moving and will eat them i really dont think tongs could cause serious damage unless u dont know what ur doing or ur holding onto the bugs super tight to where he cant even...
okay well i bairly have been using them at all recently and okay i see hella ppl use tongs i think his tounge is hurt its definitely okay hes just not eating as much rn
we will use a cup, tongs, or just set the insects around the cage so he can hunt them hes usally been confortable with all of that but he hasnt ate off the tongs at all recently so we have been putting them in his bowl and around the cage more
Me and my bf have a 4 month old veiled chameleon and we have been worrying about him for the past few days because we had moved him into a new taller enclosure about 2 days ago and he hasnt been eating properly sense I think it could be stress from moving homes but i just want to make sure 100%...