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I read that you are suppose to feed your Cham 3 times a week. My male Werner's three-horned Cham ate 5 adult crickets on sat. Now it's tuesday and I've tried to feed him a cricket today and he won't take it?

It's been almost 3 days since he last ate. Should I be worried?

I don't think there is any set "schedule" for feeding a cham. So much depends on the temperature, daylength, season, how large the feeders were he last ate, etc. Chams stop eating for lots of reasons, but a healthy cham who is drinking, basking and active can easily go a week without eating much at all. We all tend to overfeed our chams (its fun to watch after all!). Remember, the relatively fat feeders we give them are probably larger meals than insects they would be getting in the wild (lots of small flying insects for example). Make sure he's drinking and acting normally (no sleeping in the daylight for example) and don't worry too much until a week has passed.

He just ate a couple big fat crickets about an hour ago. I'm guilty as well of enjoying watching Chams eat. Thank you again!

I use to have a Jackson's a long time ago and it was easy to keep mainly because it was CB.
This Werner's Cham I purchased was wild caught so it's a learning experience for me since I have never dealt with a WC cham before.