Chams and Dubias(Will your Chams eat them)

rande77

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Hi All
I received a starter S.Dubias colony and was wondering if anyone had Chams that refused to eat them. I have 2 male veileds and 4 female panthers and non of them will go near them. No matter what size (Adults ,males, females, or nymphs) my chams shy away from them. Any input is appreciated.
Bob
 
Don't feed for a while and then offer them again if you want them to try the dubia and they are too picky to.
 
My chams love well gutloaded Dubia. A few were picky so I stopped feeding for a couple days and then re-introduced them.
 
S. Dubia? You mean B. Dubia? Like Jake said, starve them for a bit firstt or put on in your hand on it's back if they hand feed. The movement may help.
 
I have one male panther that is so-so on them. I hate crickets so I try to make the roaches his staple which is easier said than done. I have two methods that help me. He loves superworms so I always start his feeding with one of those. I normally get his attention with one, then let it crawl on the screen. After he eats it I then try the exact same method with a roach. The keep this one in my hand longer though until he's ready to fire. It takes some training so that he isn't scared of the hand, but about 50% of the time he then will eat several roaches.
If he doesn't want a roach by that method and its been a couple of days since his last real meal, I will give another superworm and when he has it about down I put a roach in his mouth. I will feed him 3 or 4 depending on size as to not overfeed, but the nutrition that is in the gutloaded roaches justify to me the slightly invasive method. I always come from below his mouth so the doesn't seem to even know I'm feeding him.

My female didn't take roaches the first few times. I enticed her with crickets mixed with roaches so she got used to the cup. I just kept adding them to cups everyday and gave her a branch that went right down to them for easy access and she did finally start taking them.
 
If your cham is large enough, ( I personally dont abide by the space between the eyes rule ) grab an adult male and hold it by one wing, it will then begin to "flutter", this movement makes chams go crazy.
 
How old are your chams? - I've heard several report of older chams being uninterested in dubia and silkies, and it's been the case for mine (4+ years old when first introduced to them). Actually, Thaxter's a little borderline with the roaches - the day I got them, he took two with evident gusto - then none for a month or more, and now he'll accept one maybe every three weeks or so. The leopard gecko, salamander and big cichlid will all take the occasional roach, and the smallest nymphs do disappear when put in the pygmy cage (I actually got them more for the pygmies than for the panther anyway).
 
My chams all range in age from 9 mos. to 14 mos of age. I've tried the fluttering technique no interest actually the chams almost look scared of them.
 
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