Oh and he has been hand fed since the day I brought him home and this is the first time he has rejected it from my hand, since his rejection I have tried a feeder cup and a feeder dish, he still continues to refuse.
Your Chameleon - Channible Lector, veiled cham, about 8 months old, been with me since he was 5-6 weeks old
Handling - He is not a social butterfly and gets very stressed when I have to handle him so I avoid doing so except for when its necessary, such as cleaning his cage.
Feeding - crickets...
The thing that really gets me is he's visibly healthy, his poop and urine look normal no discoloration and he's deffinently not dehydrated his eyes function normally and his last shed he did with total ease as far as I can tell his health is 100% why he has no interest in insects I havent the...
Yes his tongue is fine
Yes his tongue is fine he shoots it out to eat his kale most of the time, I dust with rep cal with and without D3 depending on the day. And i know he's not hetting the proper nutretion that's why I'm trying to figure out how to get him to want insects again
It doesnt really matter because he wont take them from me anyways, I'm trying to figure out what I need to do to get him more interested in eating insects again, because as of now the only thing he willingly eats is kale.
Why not? I know they are both ok as "treats" for chams but should not be givin regularly, however with his newfound aversion to insects if he would take 2 or 3 from me I would probably have let him.
I have tried other insects and so far he has refused them as well he will occasionally eat a few bits of apple but that's the only fruit he will nibble on. I'm more concerned with why he continues to refuse insects, I have tried crickets, grasshoppers, wax worms, super worms, meal worms and...
My veiled cham is about 8 months old and about 2 weeks ago I introduced him to kale he absolutely loves it so much to the point where he is no longer eating crickets, I offer crickets daily and stopped giving him any kale for a few days in hopes he would eat some crickets but alas he completely...