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I have a female panther chameleon who recently had decided she doesn't like crickets. She will eat about everything else, superworms, silkworms, hornworms, but not crickets unless i do not offer anything else for several days. While i offer other foods crickets are one of my staples.... the food i always have. Is there any way to get her to feed on them other than waiting for her to become really hungry. I don't have this problem with my other chameleons.

You could try different sizes of crickets (smaller ones have less chitin and may be more tender), try coating them with green spirulina or ground green peas (chams love green insects), or change your gutload recipe to change the taste of the insect (use different fruit for example). Other than that you are sort of stuck. Sometimes chams prefer certain foods at different times of year.