Chameleon not eating crickets

[Zajlol]

Hi so at the reptile show in Vegas I got a new cage for my cam and in his smaller cage he ate predict but now he won't eat the ckrickets and when I offer him a worm he will eat it right away, why I need help he won't eat anything but the worm and I only fed him one because I knew that they could get "addicted" to them someone help please thanks

 

[KarmaChameleon1337]

Keep offering only crickets. He'll take what he can get eventually.

 

[Zajlol]

Keep offering only crickets. He'll take what he can get eventually.

R u positive? I don't want it to be to late he already looks like he is loading weight in his head the like fat pads things

 

[KarmaChameleon1337]

I am positive. He's not going to starve himself to death.

 

[Sticktongue]

My panther use to eat cricktes no problem. But he now will only eat them everyonce in awhile mixed in with worms. I know carols guy will rarely eat crickets anymore. Try Karmas idea, but if that doesnt work you might have to stick with worm type feeders for the most part.

 

[KarmaChameleon1337]

It will work. It's not going to just starve itself to death. If you give another worm it'll stick to worms.

 

[Zajlol]

It will work. It's not going to just starve itself to death. If you give another worm it'll stick to worms.

Ok haha well I don't want to stick to just worms bc the only ones I have are the horn worms and there a fatty worn

 

[Solid Snake]

Just to second what Karma has said, most chams will go on hunger strikes, and I know mine doesn't want anything but worms when she gets them, then there's always a time period where she keeps hoping for a worm and holds out for a while, then she will always go back to crickets. You can't feed JUST worms, so don't worry. Just save them as a treat, and keep offering crickets, and your cham will come around...

 

[tdotcham]

My guys doing the same right now. He always destroys food, but lately I've been giving him supers as it's easier for me to hand feed him those and give him his medication while he's licking his lips.

Best believe all those worms got him greedy, he turned down crickets one day and has been a pain in the butt. I gave him a day without food after he didn't eat and best believe he ate reluctantly the next morning.

If you just changed cages, it's typical that he is just stressing a bit from the change and will eat soon.

 

[carol5208]

yes, my chameleon rarely eats crickets and I am not doing Dubia. So he gets, silks, supers, horns and moths. He seems to be fine. I gutload the supers.

 

[Zajlol]

Alright thanks everyone!!

 

[Zajlol]

So my chan still isn't eating! I took all the ckrickets out of his cage does it matter what kind I feed him? (black or brown) because that could be the prob I got the ckrickets from the Vegas reptile show they were black ones. So if that's why could anyone help? Thanks

 

[Zajlol]

Does Anyone know???