lyricalmiracle
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i might as well just tell this like a story of whats happened over the last few days, so:
(the cham in question is a 4 month old panther, male)
Saturday/Sunday - ate everything in site, about 6-8 crickets per day
Monday - a little less, about 4
Tuesday - didn't seem interested, just 2
Wednesday - maybe 0, i didn't see him eat at all
Thursday (today) - 3, but i literally just spent ages putting crickets with no legs one by one on a leaf in front of him, he took about 5-10 minutes before he ate them each time (i waited for him to eat one before i put another there). when i put a 4th in front of him he turned around and ran away.
he hasn't been hunting for the last 3 days, just basking. i've tried putting crickets in front of him or squishing their heads so they're twitching then putting them on a leaf near where he basks or walks (worked for one or two crickets but that was mon/tues) i've seen crickets literally walk in front of his nose and he doesn't react apart from paying them a glace every now and then. i'm keeping close watch on him via webcam but he just seems to walk past crickets. if one approaches him on a branch he turns around and runs away from it sometimes, or just seems freaked out as it crawls past him (i tried crickets smaller than i usually give him because of this behaviour but he still does it, he's scared of his dinner)
has been drinking loads, when he does poop it looks healthy, the urate is white. the only unnatural behaviour is that he barely eats. it has been a couple degrees cooler at night in there (about 68) and slightly cooler during the day too, would an increase in temperature boost his activity and hunting?
(the cham in question is a 4 month old panther, male)
Saturday/Sunday - ate everything in site, about 6-8 crickets per day
Monday - a little less, about 4
Tuesday - didn't seem interested, just 2
Wednesday - maybe 0, i didn't see him eat at all
Thursday (today) - 3, but i literally just spent ages putting crickets with no legs one by one on a leaf in front of him, he took about 5-10 minutes before he ate them each time (i waited for him to eat one before i put another there). when i put a 4th in front of him he turned around and ran away.
he hasn't been hunting for the last 3 days, just basking. i've tried putting crickets in front of him or squishing their heads so they're twitching then putting them on a leaf near where he basks or walks (worked for one or two crickets but that was mon/tues) i've seen crickets literally walk in front of his nose and he doesn't react apart from paying them a glace every now and then. i'm keeping close watch on him via webcam but he just seems to walk past crickets. if one approaches him on a branch he turns around and runs away from it sometimes, or just seems freaked out as it crawls past him (i tried crickets smaller than i usually give him because of this behaviour but he still does it, he's scared of his dinner)
has been drinking loads, when he does poop it looks healthy, the urate is white. the only unnatural behaviour is that he barely eats. it has been a couple degrees cooler at night in there (about 68) and slightly cooler during the day too, would an increase in temperature boost his activity and hunting?
gutload them well and see if he likes them, if he does then most likely boredom is the challenge. 
