Thanks to everyone for the great advice, I will definitely try the dried ground peas and parsley ideas. The UVB light is only 3 months old so that shouldn't be a problem. Although the daylight has certainly changed (I live in Saskatchewan so there's no chance of taking him outside, I can barely go out myself!), I'll most certainly add another light. I have my cham in an inside room (as opposed to a corner room) and it's probably the warmest spot in the house, the temp rarely goes below 70C and that's only at night.



I realised the way I wrote my original post made it sound like I thought he went off his food because he hated me, that was not my intention. Just bad grammar. Thanks again to everyone that replied.















A few ideas. How old is your UVB light? If its been used for over 6 months you need a new one, and this might help appetite. Also, it is winter, and even if you have a set light/temp schedule for the cage chams often respond to daylight changes they sense through windows. Your house is probably a bit cooler overall too with lower humidity. This does affect the cage environment subtly and your cham may just be less hungry and a bit less active. Lower activity, less basking, lower appetite. Add some general brighter light to perk up the cage atmosphere. If you have nice weather take him outside into "real" sun. Offer food once he's active. Chams don't stop eating because they decide they hate you! Have you changed the ingredients of the gutload? If the bugs taste different the cham will notice. 3-4 days is not a long fast, so don't panic. Don't feed him for a couple of days then introduce 1-2 very active insects such as flies. If you've been feeding him every day switch to every other day (with maybe a small snack on the non-feeding day at most). Chams are intrigued by green insects so you could experiment with green food coloring or ground dried peas as a dust.

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