eating question please :)

[chamele]

Chameleon Info:

Your Chameleon - Nosy Be Panther cham, 7m old, had him since last tuesday
Handling - i have handled him twice since i have had him, to clean his cage

Feeding -He is eating crickets,he has eatin 3 silkworms, i ran out, this last couple day he has only been eating 1 or 2 crickets a day, i give him food in the morning, as of now i gut load with apple peels, and flukers orange cubes,(until i can make some homemade gutload)

Supplements - Rep-cal herptivite, and calcium with d3, (goin today to buy calcium without d3) but cutting it down to once a month with the d3, and every 3 days with the mulivit.

Watering - for watering, i mist him 4 times a day, plus i have a dripper, i see him drink maybe once a day?

Fecal Description - Brown, and his urinate is white with some peach color
History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you.


Cage Info:

Cage Type - All screen cage, its 12x20x18. Bigger cage is on the way

Lighting -65w basking, 5.0 uvb, Lights on at 8am, lights out at 8:30 pm

Temperature -basking temp is around 86, ambient temp is 70's, lowest overnight temp is 60.

Humidity -is about 50% to 60%

Plants - ficus

Placement -Cage is in our bedroom, 4ft off the floor

Location - Montana

Current Problem - Is he is only eating 1-2 crickets a day? and only drinking a little bit?

 

[suzi]

It may take some time for him to settle in and start eating more. Try offering some small hornworms and maybe some other feeders. You only need to use multi vit twice a month and the calcium phos free without d3 at every or every other feeding you can give the d3 twice a month as well

 

[camimom]

Chameleon Info:

Your Chameleon - Nosy Be Panther cham, 7m old, had him since last tuesday
Handling - i have handled him twice since i have had him, to clean his cage

Feeding -He is eating crickets,he has eatin 3 silkworms, i ran out, this last couple day he has only been eating 1 or 2 crickets a day, i give him food in the morning, as of now i gut load with apple peels, and flukers orange cubes,(until i can make some homemade gutload)

Supplements - Rep-cal herptivite, and calcium with d3, (goin today to buy calcium without d3) but cutting it down to once a month with the d3, and every 3 days with the mulivit.

Watering - for watering, i mist him 4 times a day, plus i have a dripper, i see him drink maybe once a day?

Fecal Description - Brown, and his urinate is white with some peach color
History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you.


Cage Info:

Cage Type - All screen cage, its 12x20x18. Bigger cage is on the way

Lighting -65w basking, 5.0 uvb, Lights on at 8am, lights out at 8:30 pm

Temperature -basking temp is around 86, ambient temp is 70's, lowest overnight temp is 60.

Humidity -is about 50% to 60%

Plants - ficus

Placement -Cage is in our bedroom, 4ft off the floor

Location - Montana

Current Problem - Is he is only eating 1-2 crickets a day? and only drinking a little bit?

My male veiled took almost a week to start eating the amount he was supposed to when I first got him. Like the other poster said, they need to settle in before they feel more comfortable to eat. And you may not even see him do it. I have owned mine for almost 5 months, and only seen him eat 4 times, and drink twice. give him about 2 weeks, then start feeding him as many crickets that disappear.
ALso, how do you feed/ do you free range the food in his cage, cup feed or hand feed? Cup and hand feeding allows you to monitor how much he is really eating, but it takes time to train them to allow this. I free range my crickets but thats cuz he is in a small cage and i can find them (or not )

Good luck! Want to post pics, we all like them!

 

[chamele]

I just throw the crix in the cage, they always crawl to the top, but i have 2 superworms in a deli cup at the bottom of his cage, to see if that would spark his appetite. they are still in the cup though, and theres 2 crix in the cup too, they must have got trapped hehe.

 

[camimom]

I just throw the crix in the cage, they always crawl to the top, but i have 2 superworms in a deli cup at the bottom of his cage, to see if that would spark his appetite. they are still in the cup though, and theres 2 crix in the cup too, they must have got trapped hehe.

when I buy worms, I place them in the crook of my pothos leaves near his face, so he can track them if he wants them. they tend to disappear.