How much to worry about hunger strike

[jamest0o0]

My 9 month panther has been barely eating these past couple weeks. I get hi his vitamins/d3 with superworms and even those he's barely interested in. I'm lucky if he eats 1 butter worm or hornworm every couple days. Otherwise he's very active, isn't losing weight, drinking etc. I'm worried he's not getting enough calcium and such from dusting. He hasn't shed in almost 2 months.

 

[Gizmosb]

My 9 month panther has been barely eating these past couple weeks. I get hi his vitamins/d3 with superworms and even those he's barely interested in. I'm lucky if he eats 1 butter worm or hornworm every couple days. Otherwise he's very active, isn't losing weight, drinking etc. I'm worried he's not getting enough calcium and such from dusting. He hasn't shed in almost 2 months.

When my veiled cham was 9 months old , she stoped eating for 6 weeks, after that period she started eating regulary, it's just their fase

 

[Andee]

Well the fact that you are feeding him supers and ith worms will not help him get interested in other food types. Plus he may just need to come out and explore. He is probably going through hos hormonal phase and want to mate.

 

[jamest0o0]

@Andee He doesn't even accept supers. I didn't feed him for 3 days to get him to eat those with his vitamins. It seems like he's trying to find a mate, he has a 6x2 foot free range and still does anything to go explore. He even jumped off onto me the one day I think he sees me as a big tree to climb

 

[jamest0o0]

The butters are pretty nutritious and gutloaded slightly with squash so I don't have as much of a problem with him taking one of those once and awhile, but maybe I should dust them

 

[Davecameos]

You could try feeding every other day. It helps and I think they do not need to eat every day at that age. Just my 2 cents

 

[AZChamFan]

I really think someone should start making fake but lifelike female chameleons for these poor males. Might really help!!!

 

[kinyonga]

Do you have a female?

 

[JacksJill]

I really think someone should start making fake but lifelike female chameleons for these poor males. Might really help!!!

There are a couple of jokes I'm going to try to be mature enough not to make.
I suspect they are looking for mates but also acting obsessed with patrolling their territory for competitors.

 

[jamest0o0]

@Davecameos I've been knocking it back to 2-3 days

@AZChamFan LOL

@kinyonga I don't would that help?

 

[kinyonga]

Not necessarily...but if you had one it might have been part of the problem.

 

[jamest0o0]

Oh, I have all males, but they are visually blocked from each other. They have seen each other a couple times quickly when I moved them out of them room though, would this be an issue? They don't even seem to pay attention to one another.

 

[CharlieCharmingo]

I really think someone should start making fake but lifelike female chameleons for these poor males. Might really help!!!

Like maybe a blow up chameleon? Haha.