Raymond1412
Established Member
I know a lot of you feed your chameleons super worms. But, are they healthy, SAFE, or SUPER for your chameleon? Let's take a look.
Superworms are more like a treat, and you should only feed them once in a while due to the high amounts of fat in them. They can also BITE your chameleon, which can cause your chameleon to not like super worms anymore. (This is from personal experience.) Depending on the size of your superworm and the cup/container you putting them in, they can crawl out and get loose in the enclosure. And that isn't even the WORST PART. When the super worm gets loose in the enclosure, and it's left alone for two weeks or so, it turns into a SUPER BEETLE!!!!! Now that you have a super beetle in your enclosure, you might be thinking: "What is the worst that can happen? It's only a beetle" Although super bettles are chameleon-friendly, this can be a hazard to your chameleon. Superbeetles have a really hard shell. And I mean like REALLY HARD. The chameleon's airway is in the upper part of their throat, so if your chammie were to swallow one, depending on the size of the beetle and chameleon, he/she could choke and die. I used to feed superworms, and at least 10 got out of the bowl and turned into super beetles. Catching them all was not fun, and I don't even mind bugs!!! I've heard this can also happen with mealworms, but Idk why you would be feeding mealworms in the first place!!!
I have included some pictures and a link on why superworms are NOT SUPER. I hope some people have found this helpful!!
https://www.chameleonforums.com/threads/are-super-worms-ok.156285/
NOT my pictures
Superworms are more like a treat, and you should only feed them once in a while due to the high amounts of fat in them. They can also BITE your chameleon, which can cause your chameleon to not like super worms anymore. (This is from personal experience.) Depending on the size of your superworm and the cup/container you putting them in, they can crawl out and get loose in the enclosure. And that isn't even the WORST PART. When the super worm gets loose in the enclosure, and it's left alone for two weeks or so, it turns into a SUPER BEETLE!!!!! Now that you have a super beetle in your enclosure, you might be thinking: "What is the worst that can happen? It's only a beetle" Although super bettles are chameleon-friendly, this can be a hazard to your chameleon. Superbeetles have a really hard shell. And I mean like REALLY HARD. The chameleon's airway is in the upper part of their throat, so if your chammie were to swallow one, depending on the size of the beetle and chameleon, he/she could choke and die. I used to feed superworms, and at least 10 got out of the bowl and turned into super beetles. Catching them all was not fun, and I don't even mind bugs!!! I've heard this can also happen with mealworms, but Idk why you would be feeding mealworms in the first place!!!
I have included some pictures and a link on why superworms are NOT SUPER. I hope some people have found this helpful!!
https://www.chameleonforums.com/threads/are-super-worms-ok.156285/
BSFL are my fave because even as flies, Paulie loves them and then he gets to hunt them off the plants/screen.
