Roachman
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I have not kept my own chameleons for nearly 10 years, but several friends and co-workers have them. Way back when, it was a common problem for adult male calyptratus to just gradually lose their appetite and stop eating anything. It happened to me once and it happened to lots of other people that I know. It seems that even now, the suggestion is to offer them other food items. Back then my male had a very varied diet and when he stopped eating, I started offering him every thing under the sun, with little to no success. Over a period of several months I re-arranged his cage, moved him to different spots in the room, moved him to other rooms, made it darker, made it brighter, made it cooler, made it warmer, added ventilation, removed ventilation, misted more, misted less, gave him basking time outside, stopped giving him basking time outside, etc... I tried everything and talked to all the chameleon experts of the day. Eventually, I accepted defeat, and gave him to another keeper. During the last 10 years I have seen and heard of this many times. In fact just last week I took an assortment of roaches over to a lady's house, on her vets suggestion, because she was having this very same problem. The lady and her vet had run every test they could think of, and nothing was wrong. He was just refusing food and getting thinner and thinner.
I would love to be schooled here. I came to this site to learn and this question has been perplexing me for a long time. I don't mind answering more questions or being grilled.
I would love to be schooled here. I came to this site to learn and this question has been perplexing me for a long time. I don't mind answering more questions or being grilled.
