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It seems whenever I decide to feed my cham a little later in the day that he will just roam around the cage and eat whatever he dims fit. Well needless to say, I have seen him take shots at little stones to no avail. I feed him with a dish and the dish was not in the cage. I think he ate a stone. His eating has dropped off dramatically since then and I am not sure if he did indeed eat a stone or if it was just some leaves. Is there any way I can check. Also what else should I look to for pointers that he did indeed swallow a stone?

How long ago was this? If he has not passed anything in a week you may have a problem. A vet may be able to see a blockage with x-ray. But, chams stop eating for many reasons. Short days, cooler temps, boredom, health problems, all can cause a short hunger strike.

can you cover your plants with screen, plastic canvas, landscape cloth, etc? As I recall, you have a whole greenhouse so this may be logistically prohibitive for you. Luna was doing the same thing (rocks were always too big and heavy and I would think they would spit it back out, but....who knows!) and I had to cover all soil.

>>It seems whenever I decide to feed my cham a little later in the day that he will just roam around the cage and eat whatever he dims fit. Well needless to say, I have seen him take shots at little stones to no avail. I feed him with a dish and the dish was not in the cage. I think he ate a stone. His eating has dropped off dramatically since then and I am not sure if he did indeed eat a stone or if it was just some leaves. Is there any way I can check. Also what else should I look to for pointers that he did indeed swallow a stone?
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