Picky chameleon

[sabbie03]

I have a 9-10 month old male panther ambilobe chameleon. For as long as I can remember he’s been an extremely picky eater. He’s never eaten the proper amount of food, or he is constantly switching between only one feeder he will eat at a time. I’ve taken him to the vet and there wasn’t anything wrong with his labs. He was eating spagna moss for a period of time but I removed all the moss in his cage so it wouldn’t be an issue. He drinks normally but my only concern is his eating. I’ve talked to well known chameleon breeders and they’ve told me to not feed him for a few days to spike his appetite, which worked at first but now we’re back to square one. My vet recommended that if it continued to be a recurring issue to order the critical care carnivore diet and supplement him with that, that way he’s still getting nutrients. I guess my question would be has anyone else dealt with this with there chameleons and what may have been contributing factors. I live in California and we are currently still in winter. I don’t know if he’s going through a brumation period at this time since he will not eat. I’ve tried doing as much research as I possibly can to get to the bottom of it and I feel like I keep reaching dead ends. Currently I don’t have the money to drop at the vet because anytime I walk in I walk out a minimum 1k broker. Any help would be greatly appreciated I don’t want to stress him out and take him to the vet for them to not find anything either!
His humidity is within normal parameters.
He has an auto mister that goes off every 2 hours
He is in a bioactive terrarium
He just shed
He is basking

 

[Motherlode Chameleon]

I have a 9-10 month old male panther ambilobe chameleon. For as long as I can remember he’s been an extremely picky eater. He’s never eaten the proper amount of food, or he is constantly switching between only one feeder he will eat at a time. I’ve taken him to the vet and there wasn’t anything wrong with his labs. He was eating spagna moss for a period of time but I removed all the moss in his cage so it wouldn’t be an issue. He drinks normally but my only concern is his eating. I’ve talked to well known chameleon breeders and they’ve told me to not feed him for a few days to spike his appetite, which worked at first but now we’re back to square one. My vet recommended that if it continued to be a recurring issue to order the critical care carnivore diet and supplement him with that, that way he’s still getting nutrients. I guess my question would be has anyone else dealt with this with there chameleons and what may have been contributing factors. I live in California and we are currently still in winter. I don’t know if he’s going through a brumation period at this time since he will not eat. I’ve tried doing as much research as I possibly can to get to the bottom of it and I feel like I keep reaching dead ends. Currently I don’t have the money to drop at the vet because anytime I walk in I walk out a minimum 1k broker. Any help would be greatly appreciated I don’t want to stress him out and take him to the vet for them to not find anything either!
His humidity is within normal parameters.
He has an auto mister that goes off every 2 hours
He is in a bioactive terrarium
He just shed
He is basking

I have found the best cure for a chameleon the is going on a "Hunger Strike" is giving that chameleon some outside time in natural sunshine and offering the chameleon as much of a variety of food as possible. Going outside I think is similar to people with "Cabin Fever" getting out of the house once and a while. While a variety of food is similar to going to dinner rather than being offered just the same old cafateria food.

A vet check would help to confirm if there is something else going on.

Hope that helps.

Best Regards
Jeremy A. Rich

 

[GrannyK]

How often do you feed and how many of feeders do you give?