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This all started a week and half ago when i put him in a new enclosure....his appetite has slowly diminished..he's now gone two full days without eating...he sometimes doesn't drink when being misted and spends alot more time under the basking light...there is no mouth gaping or discharge from the nose or eyes...has no trouble moving about the enclosure though many of the limbs are still unexplored, he takes the same route all the time...overall he looks very good and has begun to recently show more yellow around the neck but his lack of appetite and long basking time has me concerned....thoughts???

enclosure: 3' high...18" deep...2' wide
5.0 bulb
60 watt heat bulb

air temp is around 70
humdidy 60%
he is around 7 months old

It might take him a few days to adjust to his new home. same thing happened to my female when i moved her to a new cage away from the male. also when i first got them they would not eat either. to get them to eat instead of feeding them crickets i had them live off of waxworms for a few days until they got adjusted. the waxworms aarent nutritous of course but it kept them from starving and they seem to go after the worms more then crix.
hope it works out i think it would just take a few days to adjust

A few days.... or even a week without food isn't all that worrisome. A drop in drinking is cause for concern. go to the husbandry section of www.chameleonjournals.com and read the hydration article. Do you have a dripper going? Mine get 6 hrs of drippers/day. IMO, chronic subacute dehydration is ahead of excessive supplementation as the #1 killer of chams.

The hunger strike might be just boredom, a reaction to the change in environment or (likely) a little of both. Try new prey items.