cup feeding

[papashungo]

first some back round:

hi my name is matt...recently bought a BB Red Body Ambilobe Male from Kaleidoscope Chams...roughly 5 months old...he is housed in a 24x24x48 enclosure...i know might be a little big...but i honestly didnt want to have to buy a new cage later unless it was for a whole new Cham like a future mate...this was the first cham i ever bought and i have no regrets...i have owned him for almost 2 weeks now...he has adjusted well..first day or 2 was typical in how he loved to cling to the ceiling...but he did eat a bunch of 1/2 in crickets and i did see him drink...

point of my post:

i want to get him to eat other foods every once in awhile like as a desert...i bought a lot of super worms and am in the process of isolating some of them for breeding purposes

i have held a few out in my hand..and he basically runs away..i figure bc he hasnt gained my full trust...i personally dont want to start handling him at all until i own him for a full month so he is full acclimated..

i am trying to get my cham to cup feed for super worms...so i put in an small butter container that is in perfect site from a vine he climbs on...he has yet to take one..and i have only put in like 2 in there...today i figured i would try something a little different...i did put 2 worms in there..but i also put like 3-4 crickets in there as well..maybe this would this would induce him to come n feed from it..idk

i am not worried at all bc he finds the free roaming crickets with ease...i just want him to have a secondary food source to eat from ever once in awhile...and i dont want super worms free ranging bc if any would find the plant i have in there..i dont want them to burrow in n turn into beetles even though i would assume he would eat them...

any help would b great...if you have questions for me i can do my best to answer them...

 

[Clifford]

Sounds like youre on the right path to me.
The only suggestion i have is make sure the worms are small enough. He might just not be used to them. Also, My guy likes a dark coloured feeding cup, and hates to eat out of shiny or white stuff.

 

[steelheadchaser]

I've had a smallish super in a cup with crickets before. The crickets were tugging on the worm from both ends. Anybody ever gut load their crickets with superworms before?

 

[pssh]

My panther wouldnt eat supers for the longest time. He yawns when he sees me sometimes, so I waited for a yawn, and at the right moment I stuck a crushed super in his mouth and he's loved them ever since.

 

[papashungo]

in response to the color of the container... i might wrap it with duct tape so it has no shine to it.. sounds like a good plan...

i am not real worried... it will just be a patient process... once he eats his first one he will be addicted to them most likely...