Veiled stopped eating

Karancon

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Hi. I know this has been asked over and over, and I've read them all, but I'm asking again. I have a 25 week male who was eating about a dozen crickets a day who just stopped. Husbandry is fine, I posted everything when I first got him to make sure. He's not very friendly, runs away if you look at him. I've tried super worms and horned worms and he has no interest. He won't eat out of a cup and they don't move enough to attract him. Also Dubias. He does like bottle flies, I don't. Hard to gut load. His poops seem okay, he is very active and yes he is male. Any ideas? I've attached a few pictures from yesterday. Any advice would be appreciated. My only thought could be the temperature. I'm in New England and it may be getting a bit chilly. I've been keeping the room at 66. And inside the cage hovers around 85. I am thinking of velcroing plastic to a couple sides. Thanks.
 

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Cooler temperatures can slow digestion down so that could be part of it. Do you free range him part of the day? If so for how long? Does he have heat when he's out of the cage?
 
Hi. I know this has been asked over and over, and I've read them all, but I'm asking again. I have a 25 week male who was eating about a dozen crickets a day who just stopped. Husbandry is fine, I posted everything when I first got him to make sure. He's not very friendly, runs away if you look at him. I've tried super worms and horned worms and he has no interest. He won't eat out of a cup and they don't move enough to attract him. Also Dubias. He does like bottle flies, I don't. Hard to gut load. His poops seem okay, he is very active and yes he is male. Any ideas? I've attached a few pictures from yesterday. Any advice would be appreciated. My only thought could be the temperature. I'm in New England and it may be getting a bit chilly. I've been keeping the room at 66. And inside the cage hovers around 85. I am thinking of velcroing plastic to a couple sides. Thanks.
 
He doesn't free range often. I was cleaning his cage so he was hanging out on a plant. He's not very friendly so I lure him out with a second ficus plant. He wanders out onto it and then I move it. Sometimes he climbs off it and onto the cage Happens once in a while.
 
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