My panther has stopped eating for awhile now

Ahtee

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Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Nosybe panther, male approximately 1 year old. I've had him for about 3months or so now.
Handling - Not at all really, possibly once a week.
Feeding - He only eats supers, I think the previous owner fed him only supers. I've tried offering crickets n dubias, has no interest. I gutload them with Fruits, veggies, superload n bug burger.
Supplements - Repashy cal+ LoD every feeding. I know it's 'supposed' to be plain calcium everyday d3 n multi vit twice a month, but the LoD seems to be working fine so far and with my veiled for 1 year.
Watering - I've a dripper and hand mist 4-5 times a day
Fecal Description - Haven't been tested for parasites, urates are good n white.
History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you.

Cage Info:
Cage Type - Zoo-med reptibreeze 3x1.5x1.5 the large size
Lighting - For basking a 40watt house bulb and for UVB arcadia 6%, just purchased 2 months ago. He has 1/3 the cage in natural sunlight thou his cage is located in the balcony.
Temperature - 90f at most at basking spot
Humidity - Humidity is always above 60%, RH in my country is 60%+ year round
Plants + Placement - 2x schefflera plants.located in the balcony and placed on a platform about 5ft of the ground.
Location - Where are you geographically located? Singapore

Current Problem - Ok here's the issue, he has stopped eating for about 2 weeks now all of a sudden, I've not changed anything since he came in my care where he was eating fine. He's still healthy though, no signs of sickness, still runs around the cage, eyes are never closed. He claws constantly at the cage though and rarely if not never basks in his basking area. He has natural sunlight so I'm not so worried about that. I just can't figure out why he isn't eating! I'll post a pic of him in abit which I'm gonna take now. And horn/silk/wax worms aren't an option, we don't have'em here! Any insight would be real awesome thanks! I'm just worried if this continues he may start to get weak

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his weight looks okay.

the low d is okay for daily use if he's indoors, but if he's getting natural sunlight (not passing through glass) you don't want to give him D3 supplements that often.

Is he drinking well?

It could be he's looking for a mate, and bored of his food choices. I wouldn't keep giving him supers. Go back to trying crickets etc.
Where do you live? You say you cant get silkworms etc where you are - perhaps you could order online?
 
Yes he's drinking well, I do see him drink. I reside in Singapore where everything is illegal so shipping insects in are out of the question. The dubia colony I have is also illegal lol. Anything in my husbandry that needs some tweaking? Cus I have totally no idea what's causing this hunger strike, and I'm starting to get worried!
 
If your worried about it, my advice would be to get meat flavored baby food, and a syringe and feed him that way. It helped with my last chameleon. Just don't put too much in his mouth. He's really pretty and has gorgeous colors by the way!
 
They can go for quite some time without food. He looks great in the pictures so that is an excellent sign!

Honestly, I would try whatever you can to find some different feeders and give them a shot. Even house flies although they are small would be a good options as they might spark his interest. I would try your dubia and crickets again as well. When he is hungry he should eat so just try to give him as many of options as possible.
 
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