Possible Parasite? Constipation?

[MissMay]

I've been worried about my little guy for some time now and all the google searches and forum reads in the world have not really helped me to solidify any ideas on what is going on.

My cham is a 3 year old, veiled male. Hes got a nice big enclosure, all artificial plants, mister with spring water.
I get him a variety of food and switch it every now and then since he gets picky.

I recently bought him some silkworms and he started eating them and then wouldn't touch them. I figured he was just bored so I got him roaches. He wont eat anything. Hasn't for a couple weeks now.

He is drinking, his urates have a very small little bit of yellow, but nothing concerning as far as hydration goes. He moves around fine, sun bathes and mood is normal. Falls asleep and wakes up at his normal time.

He's just not eating. I read that silkworms possibly make chams constipated? I read that you should give them hornworms to help with that, but he wont eat so that is out of the question. I've been taking him in more steams from the shower.

He pooped today, hardly anything. I don't have a picture because he had walked over and destroyed it by the time I got home. It was tiny, probably no more than a cm long. It looks like it was a lighter brown too?

Another thought was a parasite possibly? I don't really have access to a vet that deals with reptiles and in the process of moving (perfect timing on his part).

Just wanted to gain some insight on what you guys think could be going on and ways to help? He's not losing weight and he looks good, but they can be hard to read and if it is something I don't want to wait until he looks bad.

Thank you for any insight! I've attached a picture of him taken the other morning while he was climbing around just in case something physically about him stands out to anyone that I am not seeing.

 

[Lovin_peanut]

Idk

 

[#Chams4life]

Sorry to hear your little guy isn't doing to well. Is there a vet you could take a poop sample to? To see if he has parasites even if they dont work with reptiles they should still be able to find out, I would think if you called and dropped a sample off they could still tell you.

 

[Carlton]

I've been worried about my little guy for some time now and all the google searches and forum reads in the world have not really helped me to solidify any ideas on what is going on.

My cham is a 3 year old, veiled male. Hes got a nice big enclosure, all artificial plants, mister with spring water.
I get him a variety of food and switch it every now and then since he gets picky.

I recently bought him some silkworms and he started eating them and then wouldn't touch them. I figured he was just bored so I got him roaches. He wont eat anything. Hasn't for a couple weeks now.

He is drinking, his urates have a very small little bit of yellow, but nothing concerning as far as hydration goes. He moves around fine, sun bathes and mood is normal. Falls asleep and wakes up at his normal time.

He's just not eating. I read that silkworms possibly make chams constipated? I read that you should give them hornworms to help with that, but he wont eat so that is out of the question. I've been taking him in more steams from the shower.

He pooped today, hardly anything. I don't have a picture because he had walked over and destroyed it by the time I got home. It was tiny, probably no more than a cm long. It looks like it was a lighter brown too?

Another thought was a parasite possibly? I don't really have access to a vet that deals with reptiles and in the process of moving (perfect timing on his part).

Just wanted to gain some insight on what you guys think could be going on and ways to help? He's not losing weight and he looks good, but they can be hard to read and if it is something I don't want to wait until he looks bad.

Thank you for any insight! I've attached a picture of him taken the other morning while he was climbing around just in case something physically about him stands out to anyone that I am not seeing.

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How often do you feed him? He looks very healthy to me with a nice ventral fat pad. I haven't heard that silkworms can constipate them. Having a load of parasites would tend to make him lose weight despite a large appetite. But you can easily test for the parasites with a fecal (I know, if he's not eating he's not pooping). I don't think you have a crisis going on, so keep him hydrated with good lighting and temps and watch for that fecal.

 

[brownie64]

Yes as @Carlton said he looks very healthy. just keep trying different things to stop this strike. Blue bottle flies are a good starting point. Good luck.

 

[Alexander1]

I'm going through the same exact thing with my male veiled. I just got some blood work done and a mouth smear, waiting on his poop to get a fecal done, good luck!

 

[MissMay]

Before he decided to stop eating he got fed everyday.

He did poop again on our little road trip we made so I'm going to try and salvage that and take it into the vet just to be safe. I'll try the blue bottle flies! He's never had those before.

Another thing I'm just thinking about (and I don't know if it would be anything to tide his appetite over for a long time), I was gone for a weekend last month and the silkworms I had were starting to get huge. My roommate was in charge of feeding him and I told her if they looked to big to just give him the crickets. She ended up feeding him the silkworms. Could massive amounts of food like that sustain him for extended periods of time?