Tried every bug and won't eat!

[katelynpc]

So my chameleon has been having eye issues for about a month now. He is on meds and he is getting better and has been to the vet a couple of times when first starting the treatment he was voracious and I couldn't get him to stop eating now he turns his nose up at everything! I've tried dubais, superworms, hornworms, silkworms, and crickets. He has also been shedding for a couple of weeks and tht seems to be when he started getting picky. Is this possibly a side effect of stress from the eye treatments? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

 

[JoeVet]

Really need more information. Fill out the https://www.chameleonforums.com/how-ask-help-66/ and post a picture.

 

[Swiftchameleon]

He may not be eating because he is shedding. It can make them itchy and uncomfortable. Try to raise the humidity to help him shed faster.

 

[katelynpc]

He's misted three times a day but I was thinking that it was grumpiness from shedding

 

[nick barta]

Check his basking limb temperature, if it is low, he will stop eating.

Sometimes a basking branch slips down, or more often, the bulb you put in last was too small a wattage, or burned out.

CHEERS!

Nick

 

[kinyonga]

What medication is your chameleon on? Are you making sure it gets lots of water while it's on the meds?

 

[katelynpc]

His basking is at 88-90. He is misted three times a day so he seems to get plenty of water. He is on eye drops, but we went to the vet today and he does not have an infection. We just need to keep the eye open.

 

[SSimsswiSS]

Have you tried a mantis?

 

[katelynpc]

No I have not, like a wild one?

 

[junglefries]

Have you tried a mantis?

Or something that flies (moths, butterflies, blue bottle or household flies). If, in any way possible there is a chance of him eating, a mantid or something that flies will be thing to entice a response.

 

[VincentChameleon]

Fruit flies may be worth a shot! Even when my cham is being picky, she will go nuts hunting fruit flies...and it's very entertaining to watch!

 

[Eric Adrignola]

How old is he and how much did you feed him? I had hunger strikes all the time when I started. I'd feed them as much as they wanted -10, 15 crickets a day or more. They'd stop eating for weeks at a time. I was frustrated.

now, I keep them perpetually hungry. Excellent body condition, thin but not skinny at all. Just not fat. I feed every other day, only a few bugs each time. They never refuse food. Maybe the jacksonii do... still new to their own weird behaviors.