My baby panther not eating

scorpionbb

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Hello all. I'm new to this forum.
I bought a baby panther on April 19. He eats about 10 1/4" crickets, 2 meal worm and some fruit flies per day at the beginning . He shed on April 22. After he shed, he was eating less and less. And he stop eating since yesterday but he still drinking water.

Chameleon Info:
Chameleon: male ambilobe, I bought it in reptile expo from Chameleon by Design. I don't know it's age, but the body length is 2"(not including tail)
Handling: I handle it about 3 minutes every day.
Feeding: 1/4" crickets, meal worm and fruit flies.
Supplements: Zoo Med Calcium with D3 twice, without D3 every day.Zoo Med Reptivite without D3 once
Watering: water dripper. Mist as often as needed in day time. Even I mist the humidity to 80%, it goes down to 20% in an hour.

Cage Info:
Cage Type: 18*18*24 Glass
Lighting: 5.0 UVB. 75W basking light bulb for the past 2 weeks. I change it to a 60W today. (12 on, 12 off)
Plants: 2 live plants in the cage, golden pothos
Temperature: daytime 85F , nighttime 70-75F

I took this picture yesterday.
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He should be in a cage enclosure, NOT a glass enclosure. Right now there is little to no air ventilation.
 
Is the top of that cage glass? If so the uvb rays will not penetrate the glass being worthless to your little guy. Are your temps good? I keep my veiled around 72-76 and basking area in the mid 80's. Glass cages are easy to over heat. Are you providing heat at night? Not really needed unless your house tems drops below 50 degrees. Actually healthy for them to have a night time temp drop. I would suggest getting a screen cage. Chameleons require lots of fresh air and a dry our period between mistings. My mister is set to go off every 2 hours for 1 minute throughout the day. When I get my drain system dome I will mist for 3-5 minutes 4 times a day. Just some ideas to think about. Im sure a more experienced keeper will chime in and habe something more to add.
 
The top is screen. I bought a 60W Zoo Med infrared heat for him, but didn't use it yet. Because my apartment's heater is still on.
 
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