Veiled chameleon not eating

[brittbritt]

I have great news! Mister Li-zard finally ate. I ordered some small dubia roaches and waxworms. I showed him a waxworm on the spoon I was using and when I put it in his feeding bowl he immediately went down and ate it. I'm so happy. He has not ate for about 9 days now. I put several in his bowl in case he wanted more.

 

[MelissaN]

I am a new member and I had just bought a male Veiled chameleon. His name is scooter. At first he seemed to want crickets as his first choice of insect preference and then he slowed down his eating. He was shedding and still continues but he still has not eating for about 5 days. He only has had a few super worms and crickets don’t seem to be a preference any longer. My question is this, is it normal for chameleons to go such a long period without eating and change his preference to super worms instead? I’m concerned ?. His humidity levels are usually in the 50%range sometimes dropping slightly I mist about 3X daily and he also has a fogger. I bought it in hopes it would help with keeping the humidity up. The mesh cage is awesome but I find keeping the humidity where is should be is a challenge. Any insight would be so helpful.

 

[MissSkittles]

I am a new member and I had just bought a male Veiled chameleon. His name is scooter. At first he seemed to want crickets as his first choice of insect preference and then he slowed down his eating. He was shedding and still continues but he still has not eating for about 5 days. He only has had a few super worms and crickets don’t seem to be a preference any longer. My question is this, is it normal for chameleons to go such a long period without eating and change his preference to super worms instead? I’m concerned ?. His humidity levels are usually in the 50%range sometimes dropping slightly I mist about 3X daily and he also has a fogger. I bought it in hopes it would help with keeping the humidity up. The mesh cage is awesome but I find keeping the humidity where is should be is a challenge. Any insight would be so helpful.

Hi and welcome! This is an old post. What I suggest doing is starting your own. Go to forum, health clinic and look at ‘how to ask for help’. Cut & paste, answering those questions in your own thread.