Cricket strike!

[PedroANDAshley]

So Pedros been on a cricket strike for a couple days now.
He LOVES his meal worms but I really dont want to feed
him that because of the chitin.
So Ive been reading up on how to solve this.
And I saw some people say that you shouldnt feed them anything untill their
last option is to eat what they have.
That shoulds kinda unhealthy?
Is that really the answer?

 

[jessica]

Aww sounds like he needs a little variety

When my guys do this I just feed them other stuff eg. Roaches, silkies, horn worms then in a week or so they seem more then happy to have crickets back into the food rotation.

 

[PedroANDAshley]

Sounds like that must be it.
I was recently on vacation and my father watched him and he was only feeding him crickets :/
Looks like im gonna have to make a 45min drive to go pick up some silk worms xD.
Though Iam tempted to buy a silk worm kit from costal silk worms .

 

[jessica]

Trust me your chameleon will love you for it

 

[ghettomike]

I've heard that hornworms work the best for feeding strikes or any other green bug for that matter. my f veiled stopped eating everything but crickets (no supers,silks,butters) so I managed to get my hands on some hornworms and then she was fine again and is still eating a variety of insects.

 

[PedroANDAshley]

Pedro HATES hornworms.
When I first introduced him to them he ate 2 and just gobbled them up.
But after that hes had absolutly no intrest in them what so ever :/
Hes a funny bugger and the pod of like 12 horn worms cost me 20 bucks >.>
Luckly he loves his silk worms but I hear their not totally recommened because of the high protien? Or something like that.

 

[timebomb]

my male veiled went on a cricket strike for about a month i fed him everything i could get my hands on then decided to put him outside in a wire mess cage during the days when it was warm and he ate the wild insects even cought him eating a bee befor i could stop him but it didnt seem to bother or hurt him now i raise roaches and i buy my crickets and other insects and havent had the issue since

 

[JohnnyD]

Blue Bottle Flies will break his strike. My panthers won't always take roaches but if they get a few blue bottles first, they eat them and anything else readily.