I think I may have found my chams stomach capacity...

[Ceycham]

Norman has always been a reliable eater, but several days ago I found my hornworms were starting to get oversized, so i decided to feed him the two biggest before they had any more opportunity to grow. they looked basically like water balloons, and I recalled that chams could handle larger sizes of these guys because they compact a lot once they burst....so he ate one, then the other in quick succession....and then I worried.because those two worms were literally 5 total inches worth of worms in length, and he's about that in body. Needless to say I didn't offer any more food that day, and I waited for a poop, which didn't happen, even the next day. There were some adult soldier flies that must have hatched out of the dirt, and he ignored them for two days. They usually don't last 5 seconds in there. After day 3 there was a nice wet (but formed) poop, and day 4 nice wet formed poop, but not much appetite has returned. He has 4 or 5 flies buzzing in there, and he's not bothering with them, which is unheard of. Finally he ate one today. ONE. He's has no crickets or anything else, and he's not drinking water that I can tell either. Someone please reassure me...

 

[GregJD]

My veiled, Gary, sometimes will just let crickets run around until they die or he gets interested enough to eat them. Once, I ordered a shipment of feeders late, and they didn't come for 2 more days. He ate 10 more than usual, then he literally propped his belly up on a vine, which was hilarious. He didn't eat too good the next day. Sometimes they go through spells where they don't eat a lot after a big meal. I wouldn't worry. If he ate 1 fly, he's fine, just a little hornworm drunk. That's like pizza drunk.

 

[CJ's Exotics]

My veiled, Gary, sometimes will just let crickets run around until they die or he gets interested enough to eat them. Once, I ordered a shipment of feeders late, and they didn't come for 2 more days. He ate 10 more than usual, then he literally propped his belly up on a vine, which was hilarious. He didn't eat too good the next day. Sometimes they go through spells where they don't eat a lot after a big meal. I wouldn't worry. If he ate 1 fly, he's fine, just a little hornworm drunk. That's like pizza drunk.

Sometimes chameleons just go through periods where they do not want to eat. These are known as hunger strikes. It is not that they are sick, they just do not want to eat. If you eat a huge lunch, sometimes you don't feel like dinner. It doesn't mean you are sick.

 

[Ceycham]

Thanks so much, I appreciate the reassurance!

 

[CJ's Exotics]

Thanks so much, I appreciate the reassurance!

Your welcome!