Hunger strike and force feeding

irot9

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I got my one year old graceful a month ago. He ate about five crickets a day, sometimes more if he was hungry. It's been eight days since he's shown interest in food. I've also shown him different types of food and he has no interest.
He has pretty normal colors and up until a little while ago was drinking normal.

He hasn't had any form of nutrition in so long I feel like I should force feed him because I am very concerned. How should I go about doing this?
Thanks!
 
Your Chameleon - Male. Graceful. One year old
Handling - About once or twice a week
Feeding - 5-8 crickets a day. Some with calcium.
Supplements - Zoo med calcium. Without d3. I recently bought flickers orange cubes to feed crickets and calcium with d3, but since his hunger strike hasn't had any.
Watering - lots of times per day by hand. Recently bought mister but haven't set it up because it's shipped to another address and have yet to get it. I often see him drinking but haven't the last few days
Fecal Description - His most recent was a lighter color and not as solid as it has been in the past

Cage Info:
Cage Type - Glass with screen lid. An 18"L x 18"W x 24"H (45 cm x 45 cm x 60 cm) size
Lighting - From 10-10 he gets lights from both lights.
Temperature - about 70 during day and a drop to about 55-60 at night
Humidity - I try to keep it about 90. I mist his cage often whenever I see it get a little low
Plants - No live plants
Placement - On bedroom floor where there isn't a lot of traffic
Location - Chicago
 
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