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Carlton
at Thu Oct 25 11:28:12 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Carlton ]
When you say its an "open enclosure" do you mean he's free ranging, or is the cage mesh so open the feeders would just escape? If he's in good body condition and not a tiny baby he won't starve if he doesn't eat for a few days. Most chams don't eat much at all when they are in a completely new place. I would hope the breeder or seller had been feeding him regularly right up until he was sent to you. You can make a feeding bin pretty easily. Take a plastic box like a critter keeper without the lid and hang or nestle it in the middle of a bushy plant. The cham can climb down to the rim of the box and shoot from there. Don't put too many feeders in there at once, as a nervous cham will just sit and watch all the movement and not shoot. Put a bit of gutload in the bin so the feeders can keep themselves full. Remove them at night. Provide some foliage cover around this so he feels secure while he's hunting. If there isn't a bushy enough plant to support the bin, the cham probably doesn't have enough cover either. Sometimes new chams settle more easily if you put a sheet over part of the cage and gradually remove it over several days. As long as he's drinking, basking and moving around normally he will settle in. Good luck!
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RE: veiled help eating asap - Carlton, Thu Oct 25 11:28:12 2007