male 10 month mitsio not eating helllp pls ty

[MRDEEDUB83]

hi everyone my 1o month old mitsio rango isnt eating and hasnt now for 3 days the only thing i have done differently was buy him a few silk works online as i know how good they are for him fed him a couple here an there he seems fine health wise have checked him over no signs of anything wrong he also is going to sleep an hour early today any ideas only thing i can think is he is due a shed

 

[dlegare]

He's pretty close to adult age. My adult male panther really hit the brakes on how much he ate at around that same age. I would make sure he's looking hydrated, nice plump casque, and white urates (The white part of his poop should be white with no discoloration.

Now my male (2 years old) eats only about every 2 to 3 days, 10 to 15 crickets (Large) and a roach or two (If I can trick him into eating one)

All my chams love the silks and horn worms.

 

[amandagreeneyez]

I too ordered silkies for my Cham; he ate three & then never touched them again. I tried to reintroduce them for weeks after until they grew too big for him to eat. He just plain didn't like them.

 

[MRDEEDUB83]

Ty for replys he is great looking looks healthy in everyway an poo is fine just worried that hes eaten nothing in 3 days as has been eating 5-7 a day before this how long b4 i should worry if he hasnt eaten i know they go on strikes etc its just unlike him

 

[MRDEEDUB83]

Any ideas at all very appreiciated ty

 

[imcurt]

I have had hunger strikes last for over a week. Just make sure hes drinking every day.

 

[Alexl]

Now my male (2 years old) eats only about every 2 to 3 days, 10 to 15 crickets (Large) and a roach or two (If I can trick him into eating one),

And that's still really a lot for an adult. I wouldn't try to "trick" a chameleon to eat more at all. If an adult and healthy chameleon stops eating although you offer him attractive feeders, he has been overfed before.

A 10 month old Furcifer pardalis can be fed like an adult one. More days without food than with, better some more small sized feeders than a few big ones (imitating nature! There are nice papers with an extract about stomach content in wild living chameleons - their main prey are smaller insects). Chameleons can stay weeks without any insect and don't starve thereby as a mammal would. Their natural instinct tells them to eat as much as they can as soon as they can get feeders. They don't behave different in captivity, cause tomorrow there could be no food. Reptiles don't know or learn that their keepers will feed again and again. That's why they never should be "full". And in fact, reptiles do need a lot less food than we ourselves - or as our dogs and cats do. They don't need that much energy to keep body temperature and if it's cold outside, metabolism slows down and needs less energy than in the warming sun. We already have lots of problems with overfed reptiles in practice, I only can say it again and again... it begins with a plump casque and a completely round shaped tail, then the casque begins to bulge out and the animal develops huge abdominal fat pads - and in the end, fat liver and renal failures occur. So, restrictive feeding is no harm to your chameleon, but a good deed to keep him healthy.

Of cause, there can be other reasons for a non-eating chameleon! To check up your cage setup and keeping conditions properly, you could fill out the "how to ask for help" form, then forum members get a better overview about your problem or just if there's something else to think about. From first view, it seems to be no big problem, but without background information it's hard to tell.

 

[MRDEEDUB83]

Thank u alex and others for ur comments i will keep in mind what u have told me alex and just keep an eye on him as everything in his viv is fine in terms of humidty drinking water poo good colour etc

 

[Battlecat29]

I wouldn't worry to much. My nosey be cut back on his eating once he reached that age. Now he eats every other day. Mostly horn worms, but also crickets and roaches And sometimes he won't eat for a few days. Try something green like a small mantis. One time I fed my chameleon a walking leaf and he ate it immediately, they are highly attracted to green food.