Baby panther cham has 0 interest in feeding cup

[Tnest]

So i've been trying to get my three month old panther chameleon to eat from the feeding cup but he takes no interest in it which is super frustrating because then i will try to give him some free roam food and then i never know if he actually eats, i haven't SEEN him eat in the past few days so i'm a bit worried. I started trying to not free roam the food at all because i really want him to use the feeding cup so i put like 8 crickets in there but i still never know if he eats because the crickets just end up jumping out especially when the misters go on, then i have to clean up the cricket bodies built up at the bottom of his enclosure. That's another reason why i don't want to add more than 8 because i'm positive they just jump out. I honestly don't know what to do because i know he just doesn't want me to watch him eat. I just never even see him go near the feeding cup and every time i put the cup into the enclosure i show him that there is food inside so i'm pretty positive he knows somethings in there. I've seen him eat a few times but the past days i haven't. I only have seen him drinking and he looks very hydrated.

 

[Beman]

Can you post a picture of the entire cage and of the cup placement?

 

[Flick boy]

Hi how long do you have him , how deep is your feeder

 

[Tnest]

Hi how long do you have him , how deep is your feeder

I've had him a week and a half. The feeder is green and I think around 3 inches deep

 

[Tnest]

Can you post a picture of the entire cage and of the cup placement?

 

[Tnest]

So he just ate but only because i put the crickets on the screen for him

 

[Flick boy]

I've had him a week and a half. The feeder is green and I think around 3 inches deep

As you are quite a new member hi and welcome. Yeah crickets are jumpy little critters , try a feeder cup double that depth , you can put them in a sealed bag in the fridge for a rew minutes which will slow them down for a bit

 

[Beman]

How small is the baby? Are you feeding tiny feeders?

How was the breeder feeding him?

I typically suggest loading the feeder cup like that up. Put like 3 dozen there. Now if baby is not getting up on the branches above the cup to actually see the movement of the insects then this is part of the issue. I prefer feeder runs for babies rather than cups. Cups can take a bit for them to use.

 

[Tnest]

How small is the baby? Are you feeding tiny feeders?

How was the breeder feeding him?

I typically suggest loading the feeder cup like that up. Put like 3 dozen there. Now if baby is not getting up on the branches above the cup to actually see the movement of the insects then this is part of the issue. I prefer feeder runs for babies rather than cups. Cups can take a bit for them to use.

Where can i get feeder runs? Do they go at the bottom of the enclosure?

 

[Beman]

Where can i get feeder runs? Do they go at the bottom of the enclosure?

Here are two I have used without issues.

https://www.fullthrottlefeeders.com/ This one has magnets that will hook to screen. Or a separate magnet mount for solid surface

This one only hooks on screen. https://tkchameleons.com/products/shooting-gallery