7 month old panther eating only 3 superworms per day

Lllacher

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Hello all! I recently posted about the treatment of a RI and everyone was so helpful, I thought I'd throw out another question for you all.
For the back story...it has been two weeks since I took my cham to the vet for an RI. He was on 6 days of baytril injections. Its been a week since he finished. During that time his eating lessened, and he stopped eating crickets. We have been giving him superworms just so he would keep eating, especially on medication. But he still isnt eating like he did when we first got him. The past few days hes only eaten 3 superworms. Is this enough food? Im just worried because hes still growing!
He definitely has interest in eating because he will snatch the first two worms up immediately, but then he seems full. I am just surprised that he would be full from only two when he was eating 8 crickets before.
Any help would be much appreciated!
 
An update: His appetitie is still not good. He ate one cricket and one superworm yesterday. Today he ate one cricket. He shoots after those first bugs immediately, but then wants nothing to do with anything else he's offered. So his hunger is there, but only for a moment. Is this normal? Could something else be wrong? Its been over two weeks since he was treated for an RI and I've seen no signs? Could he still be sick?
 
Your Chameleon- 7 month old ambilobe panther male
Handling - I have been trying to take him outside a couple days a week
Feeding - Large crickets and supers. Both gut loaded with a variety including spirulina, romaine, carrots, blueberries, apple, strawberry, watermelon
Supplements - I dust crickets and worms daily with zoomed calcium without D3, and twice a month with D3
Watering - monsoon automatic mister, for 60 seconds every three hours. Yesterday was the first time i have ever seen him drink and he drank a lot.*
Fecal Description - up until this week, he has had large dark brown poops with bright white urates. This week they have gotten lighter and smaller, and urates are orangey.
History - I've had him about 6 weeks.. I purchased him from a local breeder
Cage Info:Cage Type - 2x2x4 reptibreeze
Lighting - exo terra dual hood with a 5.0 UVB bulb and a plant light. Two 35watt bulbs for heat. Lights automatically turn on at 7 am and off at 7pm
Temperature - 89 at highest basking point, 77 ambient. infrared temp gauge to measure.
Humidity - usually around 50%, more right after misting. I use a flukers analog hygrometer to measure
Plants- As for live, I've got a small pothos, a bromeliad, and a large money tree in there now. I have some artificial vines for hiding spaces as well.
Placement - in dining room corner, low traffic
 
You only use 35 watt bulbs for heat? for a cage that large I use 75 or 100 watts for mine or the lower watt but equivalent kind. make sure the basking is warm enough. 89 is not very high for basking. 95 is preferred. The heat helps them digest their food so he may have an upset stomach.
 
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