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My veiled has not been wanting to eat the past few days. It has been getting colder around here lately, but it should not affect my chameleon indoors. I hope I did not do anything weong by doing this, but I fed him a bit when he opens his mouth and hisses. I just dont want him to starve, so I figured it would not hurt to feed him. When I present him with his food he seems almost afraid of his food. He kinda stifens up, stares at the food for a second, and turns the other way as if trying to escape. Am I doing something wrong? Is this normal for them to want to fast? He is about 10 months old, but he was kinda the runt of his clutch. When I got him, he was almost half the size of his siblings, but now I am not sure how much larger he is. I took him to the vet right after I got him and he weighed exactly 100 grams and I have not wieghed him since. I will weigh him tommorrow and see how much weight he has gained. I have been fattening him up, feeding him the equivilant of 8 to 10 crickets a day(his food items include crickets, superworms, waxworms, meal worms and some vegatative matter, though I just ran out of silkied and butter worms). I plan on decreasing his food intake to the equivilant of 5-7 crickets every other day with some vegatative matter here and there. Does this sound alright. Anything that can help him eat again will be much appreciated. Thanks, jrbl

They sometimes do go off their food. but thats usualy bordom from not having enough varity of bugs. It sounds like thats not the case with you though. Maybe he misses his Silkies? If he's drinking I would not worry right away, they can go for days without food.
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