need some help with panther

[kfactor]

hi i have had my panther cham for about ayear now just over the past 2 months he hasent really had a big appitite i try to give him crickets and he just shows no interest but if i give him super worms or horn worms when i can get some he eats them .

i have a panther about a year old i have had him since hes been about 2 months old

i olny handle him when i clean his cage or put him back in from his tree

i try feeding him crickets/superworms/and hornworms but only seems to like the worms i try feeding him every day in the morning.i gut load with carrots/strawberries/blueberries/lettuce/zucchini/sweet peppersand some grapes the odd time

i supplement with cal evey day and then i use cal with d3 2 times a month and altenate with my multi vit

i mist my cage in the morning befor work for 2 mins and then i mist when i get home from work .i allso have a dripper going for him

my cage is all screen it 30"Lx24"Dx36"T

my lighting is a 40 house bulb in a dome fixer with a 30" repti 5.0 and i have my timers set for 12 on 12 off

my temps are from cage fllor is 70 mid is 72 top is 75 and basking is 80 to 82

my humidity in cage is 70

the plants i have in the are just a sheffelia and some fake plants and vines

i have the cage in a spare room were i really only go

i live in sask canada

any help would be great thanks

 

[juju]

what do u normally feed him crickets? i have read that sometimes chams just need their food to be switched up a bit like they get tired of same thing all the time, so maybe u could try that.

 

[suzi]

They can get bored and go on hunger strikes from certain foods, as
Long as he is eating other insects I wouldn't be too worried, just offer him a variety of other foods until he shows interest in the crickets again. On another note I would bump up his basking spot to around 90. IMO it low 80's is too cool for a male. All the best, Suzi

 

[Killer Chams]

they get bored eating the same thing every day, so just keep switching his food up. roaches and silkworms are also good feeders.

 

[kfactor]

Thanks for e replys I will bump up the basking and the only thing is were I live we don't really got much to choose from for feeders I wish I could het some roaches and silk worms maybe I can try to order some any good canaian sites to get from

 

[Killer Chams]

Chameleon nation has silkworms but thats the only one i know of.

 

[chameleonkev]

They do get fussy at times with there feeding but a healthy Cham can go a week or two without eating pretty easily and within that time they will give up and go back to crickets