How to get cham off Super worms?

[jacksonchamnew]

Veiled male cham of 4-5 months was eating crickets and superworms and now wants only superworms. It is all frustrating. I have crickets that are gut loaded and calcium covered. Do I just hold back superworms until it eats crickets again? I could get some dubia roaches.

 

[jacksonchamnew]

Cham will take superworm from plastic forceps but really goes for it when it holds on to screen and crawls.

 

[Klyde O'Scope]

Veiled male cham of 4-5 months was eating crickets and superworms and now wants only superworms. It is all frustrating. I have crickets that are gut loaded and calcium covered. Do I just hold back superworms until it eats crickets again? I could get some dubia roaches.

Basically, yes. Supers can be addicting to some reptiles (they must really be tasty! ). My bearded dragon got addicted to them, and I had to have him go "cold-turkey" (still offering other feeders). It took a while, but it worked. Now he eats them with equal relish to other feeders.

I don't see any problem with offering dubia roaches; IMO they're better feeders than crickets, anyway, and he should be big enough for them now. Start small.

 

[JacksJill]

You will need to use some tough love to get him back off the supers. No more until he's been eating other things for a couple weeks and then only one or so a week as a treat.

 

[Cloud9Chameleons]

Yeah - sometimes they will go on a hunger strike and hold out for a particular favorite food item. Try offering him silk worms. It would be an easier transition and one silk worm has the equivalent of the nutrition in 6 crickets! It will be much healthier for him. You can also try offering him black soldier flies. The chameleons love them and will also add a little more variety to his diet. Hope this helps.

 

[saradoggy10]

Kind of like sending a kid to bed without dinner. Axolotls have a big problem going from worms to pellets but they just need to learn that's all they're getting.
Sated reptiles are picky
Hungry reptiles will eat anything that moves

 

[NashansCamos]

A few months ago jasper found an addiction to waxworms so I just offered him everything but waxworms. He didnt eat for 5 days until he finally accepted a locust

 

[jacksonchamnew]

I got some lobster roaches but they may be illegal here?