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Thank you all for answering my Cham questions. I attached a pic of him for you to see, he seems healthy. Very alert and all. Just got him last saturday. I wish he was more responsive to eating but I guess he must be bored with crickets, I'm going to get him some mealworms, waxworms, and suspend a bowl near his perch for him to see the worms.

I had experience in the past with a Jackson's and I found it to be alot easier to take care of since it was CB. This Werner's is WC so I guess that is the reason why it is taking him a while to warm up to his new life? I always hear about how people could hold up a bug and their Cham will zap it out of their owner's hand... but not mine. =(

Give him time, a stable routine, privacy, and the right temps and humidity. He's barely over his shipping and relocation stress. Don't force him to eat more than he wants right now. If he eats at all, drinks regularly, basks and is alert he should be fine. There is often a "honeymoon period" when a new cham seems OK because it is trying to hide problems (I call it hero mode), then there is sort of a delayed stress response a month or two later. Just about the time their new keeper thinks all is well. I'm not trying to scare you, just to point out a possibility that often catches new WC keepers off guard. He looks good!