Leo wont eat!

[LeoMyCham12]

Hello everyone. Im new to this forum but have read extensively through it and have found it to be extremly useful. Leo is my young veiled chameleon. I've had him for 3 months now and he has eaten every single day and is in the picture perfect health. Yet two days ago he stopped eating all together and its not like i jsut feed him crickets. He has a daily supply of butter worms and as well as the occasional wax worm as a treat. He still looks so healthy just wont eat! Any tips on how to end this hunger strike would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks

 

[LeoMyCham12]

My Chameleon-Veiled, male, 3 months, 5 weeks in my care
Handling- once a week
feeding-crickets/butter worms/wax worms, 10-15 crickets/2 butter worms/1 wax worm every week, he gets feed all insects at 11 am everyday, crickets are kept in cricket keeper with oranges carrots romaine lettuce and a cricket supplement
supplements-repti-cal calcium once a week (with d3), zoomed repti calcium 2x a week
watering-Leo gets a dripper from a cup water drips onto a leaf i drip 3 times a day and i mist his cage THOROUGHLY 4x a day.I have never seen him drink a even a drop.
droppings- one to two large brown fecal matter moist and wet followed by urate that is 90% white with a little yellow at the end, no
History- e has always been a good eater never given me any problems! why im so nervous.

current problem- what i believe to be a hunger strike.

 

[ChameleonFan1989]

Could you post some info and pics of your set up as well please.

How hot is tha basking temp? Is your UVB up to date and as it been changed after 6 months?

You shouldn't be using D3 everyday, you should use calcium without D3 everyday feeding, calcium with D3 twice a month and multivitamins twice a month or simply use Repashy's Calcium plus, its a all in one.

 

[chameleonfan101]

wow.. this is pretty interesting. please answer the questions the member above asked about the basking and enclosure temps. i find this really interesting because i have had 5 people who I've sold chams in the past telling me their chams won't eat, and I've seen couple of post on here with the same problem. here in southern california the temperatures have been lower than usual and im now starting to think that has to a lot to do with it. please let us know your temperatures!

 

[chameleonfan101]

i forgot to mention that same thing happened to me this week a couple of my babies were not eating... i raised my temps a little and they began to eat.. like i said the temps have been lower than usual where i live.

 

[ChameleonFan1989]

Sometimes a slight increase in heat can make a huge difference even if just by one degree which I know from my panther, I kept it on 84F and wouldn't eat, increased it up to 85F and he ate so sometimes if the temp is slightly out, it has a huge impact on their appetite.