Cham won't cup feed

[paulkaranik]

Long story short.. cham will only hand feed just stares inside cup when I try. Dad coming to town will be watching Chams for 3 weeks would like for Chams to cup feed .. any tips? I feel like he is spoiled and only likes to hand feed!

 

[JGawl420]

Try dubia roaches they move around quickly so it might get him more pumped

 

[JGawl420]

Also I know it sucks but you could not feed him by hand at all until he will be real hungry. He will eat out of the cup. It worked for me.

 

[Nursemaia]

Try free ranging

 

[JGawl420]

Free range is a good idea. He might be more comfortable not enclosed

 

[Nursemaia]

Free range is a good idea. He might be more comfortable not enclosed

I meant free ranging the feeders so he could hunt but hey if free ranging him works go for it

 

[WAMBO]

I free range some, and cup feed most.

 

[paulkaranik]

I can't free range the critters because my cham is being free ranged himself.. his main food is Dubias. Maybe I'll skip a day of feeding and see if it helps. Thanks

 

[nick barta]

Dubias tend to hunker down and not move much, if you add some crickets to the cup, they might attract him to strike. If your cup has a climbing surface up the back, that will give the insects a place to climb, then you can place super worms on it, and he will learn the cup is a place for food.

CHEERS!

Nick

 

[WAMBO]

In addition to the above, I add a couple pieces of fruit or vegetable to get the Dubias to move a bit in the cup.