Cham Won't Touch Dubias Anymore, Getting Worried

[Jared910]

Hello everyone,

Just some background. My cham is about a year and a half old and I have been using Dubia's as the staple of the diet for the last year. I'll also give super worms intermittently and hornworms when he's lucky.

Now the problem is recently he has stopped touching dubia's. For the last year he would eat them right off the tweezers or immediately as I place them on a branch, however now he won't touch them at all. I've been holding out and have had the mindset that when he really gets hungry enough he WILL eat one, unfortunately it's reached the point where I'm getting worried. He will eat superworms and hornworms IMMEDIATELY right out of my hand but still he won't touch the dubias even after barely having anything to eat in a week. Is there some kind of trick I can use to get him to eat the dubias again? Again, I'm worried because its been over a week and he still won't eat them. Beyond the fact that he's barely eating he seems totally normal. Looks fine, just as active, etc.

Am I screwed and I just have to figure out a new feeder to use and ditch the dubias?
Maybe I'm just overthinking it and it's normal for chams to go through phases where they will stop eating very much?
Either way any input would be appreciated as I'm getting worried about him.

 

[Jay wallace]

Ive had similar experiences with many different herps, sometimes they just get like a little kid and get picky but they always come back around.the only thing ive ever found to work is to offer a variety of different foods and for the time being like a week or two not to use what they arent earing and then reintroduce it to them and they will take it back but every chams different. Best of luck!

 

[JoshD49]

A lot of people have had this problem with Dubia. For mine he will eat them if I offer them first but gets board then will only eat if I show him something that moves a lot or a hornworm. He won't eat supers or butterworms. I need to try Phoenix and silks again since I have only trued these once. They just need to switch it up like we do I'm sure. Are you feeding him every day? At his age he might only eat every other day and his appetite might not be as picky.