Why ?????

[chamili]

My veiled stopped eating crix , but he will eat anything else . i just dont know what to do cuz crix are my main feeders . please help .

male veiled about 1 year old . everything looks very good with him . he just wont eat them thats all . his poop is fine too .

 

[iLik3LIzards]

chams dont like to eat the same crap alllllll the time, as you dont im sure. they will litterally go on food strikes till something suits their fancy.

 

[iLik3LIzards]

its best to keep atleast 2 or 3 feeders and alternate daily or weekly.

 

[Texas Panther Man]

Since he's a year old, do you feed every other day? Maybe try skipping a day if you have been feeding him everyday. Sometimes a few hunger pains will help them go back to a food item. Or just give a week off cix and feed horn worms, silks, and supers. Then next week go back to crix and switch it up to keep him from getting bored with one food item.

 

[Dez and Delilah]

its best to keep atleast 2 or 3 feeders and alternate daily or weekly.

Yep, they can definitely be picky once in a while. Crickets are probably the ONLY thing Delilah doesn't get picky with.. she loves them.

I'd try not offering crickets for a little while, get some supers and silks.. your cham will most likely take crickets again soon enough. They just like to force us to offer variety sometimes

 

[morpheon]

Everything has been said already! It is completely normal and very commun!

Your two tools are these: variety and hunger!

 

[sandrachameleon]

It sounds like you've been letting him eat whatever he wants for awhile. Time to get back in charge. Stop offering anything but crickets. He will eat the crickets if offered nothing else, eventually. Once you break the preference, offer a different prey item each meal, to ensure he doesnt get bored or stuck on one type over another. Best to offer as many different types of bugs as possible, rather than have a primary feeder.

 

[chamili]

yes i gave him silks for a week with crix , than roaches with crix , now i have hornworms with crix but his not eating crix any more . so should i feed him every other day now so he can get back to crixs? or not feed him 4 couple of days than give him crix only 4 little while ?

 

[draetish]

yes i gave him silks for a week with crix , than roaches with crix , now i have hornworms with crix but his not eating crix any more . so should i feed him every other day now so he can get back to crixs? or not feed him 4 couple of days than give him crix only 4 little while ?

If you are feeding him roaches, silkies, and hw I don't see him not eating crickets a big deal at all. Just make sure you dust the other feeders the same as crickets and gutload the roaches.

 

[chamili]

If you are feeding him roaches, silkies, and hw I don't see him not eating crickets a big deal at all. Just make sure you dust the other feeders the same as crickets and gutload the roaches.

its been 4-5 days he had only like 2 -3 crixs . im gutloading them with lettuce, apples , oranges , carets ets . my crix are in very good condition , i lost only like 2 crix in 2 weeks out of 100 and my dusting is fine as well .

thanks everyone so much 4 help . he knows if he doesnt eat crix his going to get something else , its time to fix that now