Recently Eugene(my chami) has been doing this weird thing. I feed him out of a dish with high wall so its harder for the crickets to jump out. He usually eats just fine but recently (last month and a half) there has been an occasional mishap where he shoots for a cricket, misses and right before...
I don't know if this will help because Ive never done it myself, but I have heard of tricking your cham into eating things. I watched a video on a insect swap. They help the Silkworm in their fingers so it sat on top of heir fingers. Just as the cham was about to strike they flipped their...
I hand feed my chameleon, but i also have a dish. Mine is magnetic which is great for mesh. Attached is pictures. I don't know the brand but maybe you can find something similar. I love it.. it has a removable tray for easy cleaning and a little lip so that creatures can fall/jump out as easily.