hunger strikes??

[ashrules]

hey have a 3 month old male veiled cham..

he ussually necks about 6 to 10 crickets or locusts every day


but recently hes barely eating 2 or 3 crickets atm???

he just looks at them..and doesnt bother with them

altho when i put locusts in he seems to go for themm..but still not as many as he used to...

any1 else found this..???

cheers

 

[graydon]

just switch up the feeders.. he will eat if he is hungry as long as your setup is fine.

 

[jannb]

At that age he should be eating up a storm. You might want to fill out the Ask For Help Form so we can take a look and see if it might be a problem.

https://www.chameleonforums.com/how-ask-help-66/

 

[BocaJan]

I have 4 3 mo. old veileds and they wait at the door for me every morning and jump into the cup to devour the crickets. Worms they eat out of my hand because they love food! LOL I know that this will change as they get older, but for now they are fun to feed.

 

[Breeze]

Just today when i got back from school, my cham is ALSO not eating the crix i put out in the morning

 

[pr3mo15]

My guy at around 4months old stopped eating crickets all together...He use to eat 10-18 a day when he was a baby...then he just got over them I guess and never ate them again ><

 

[graydon]

do you guys have proper lighting?

 

[Breeze]

UVB light but not basking light, Brad R told me not too till they get older,my veiled is around 2-3 months, I guess i need to but silks or somthing

 

[tkilgour]

The type of setup/ lighting / etc. you are using, will give us better knowledge of your situation. However, I have experienced chams that take hunger strikes against crickets. That is the typical feeder they will strike against, since we typically feed these the most. My panther chams. tend to strike once they get a taste of any worms. Super worms, hornworms, silk etc. Mix up their feeding w/ silk worms on the 1st day, hornworms the next, crickets the 3rd day, roaches the 4th day, silkworms the 5th day, crickets the 6th day, superworms the 7th day. If they ever get hooked on something and will not turn around stop feeding them a day and they will eat the next thing that shows up. Only feed superworms 1 day and feed them less of these since they are fatty.

 

[Breeze]

Are hornworms ok to use as a staple diet like sliks and crix?

 

[tkilgour]

Hornworms are an excellent choice! I like to mix up the diet w/ hornworms, silkworms, and crickets as a staple. Superworms and waxys as a snack. Typically, when I feed I put a mix of food in the enclosure. For example, an average morning I may feed a couple silk worms, a couple hornworms, and 4 or 5 crickets. This seems to satisfy them until next feeding.

 

[Breeze]

So what size silkie and hornworm would be good for my 2-3 month old veiled. Thanks