Spiders and Chameleons

[chameleonlover101]

Hi this is chamleonlover101. Will spiders be a good healthy snack for your chameleon once in a while? What spiders would be the healthiest and safest options?

 

[dacrazycanadian]

While they wouldn't be venomous to it, as venom needs to be injected, not consumed to hurt you, I'm not sure if they would be toxic to chameleons. I wouldn't recommend feeding them to your chameleon though do to possible pesticides on the bug/arachnid and parasites.

 

[Solid Snake]

Wild caught spiders from a pesticide free area are just fine for feeding to chameleons. I would not use venomous or poisonous ones though. They actually really, really love them. Daddy long legs, and wolf spiders are a great snack. They need to be alive though. No dead food...

 

[junglefries]

As tempting and fun revenge as it may be, please be careful. I lost my pride and joy panther to a spider bite. Two jacksons were also killed during an infestation last fall. I actually sold and gave away several chams to prevent them from being bitten while I killed off the spiders. Please use caution.

 

[little leaf]

same here - my panther was bitten by a "stray" spider - he lost some of his face skin, and it took about 9 mos before he could shoot his tongue again - it was a mess - and it was a TINY spider -
SS - I did not know you could feed Daddy long legs - we have lots of those hmmmmm

 

[Solid Snake]

I guess the moral of the story is, spiders are dangerous at times, so know your spiders!!! Im sorry to hear of the issues you guys had, I never had any issue whatsoever.