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Hello ppl. I have a pardalis CB that came to me with 2 grams and in 2,5 months it came to 50 grams. He´s beautiful, active and very peaceful. But this is the problem that started about 1/2 mouth ago. When he likes some food (now is tenebrio), he eats it until he becoume bored with it. In this period he doesn't even look to other food. And now he doesnt like to eat from a bowl to, just from plants and sticks. Wax e crickets that he loved to eat, now he doesnt even blink to.
If someone can help me... please.

Tks. Sérgio (Portugal)
Another thing... if someone in Portugal have a pardalis female contact me.

And someone can tell me what morph is this???

this happines alot acually a cham likes food item so much he wont eat anthing else.

but i think you said he is eating only mealworms now....which can be bad.

you can try getting another food that is better for him like silk worms or lobster roachs or just not feed mealworms anymore and keep trying crickets.

i would try to limit his mealworm and wax worm consuption . feed mainly crickets and mabe a mealworm or two a day and then every few days a wax worm that way he doesn't get bord with the food items as he gets to have them all.

I have had this same problem with my day geckos. Just stop feeding him mealworms and only offer crickets. When he gets hungry enough believe me he will eat.
Matt

As the other poster said try some roaches or silk worms if you can get them. If you can get the locusts (I know they are available in some European countries but not which ones.)try them or any other grasshoppers you can find, Walking sticks(phasmids) or Mantises may also work. Something else you may want to try although it might be expensive is baby lizards. My panthers have always eaten green anoles & Cuban brown anoles(Anolis carolinensis & Anolis Sagrei ssp. respectively) that occasionally wander into my cages. I also feed them any hatchling day geckoes (genus Phelsuma) that do not survive for me. Phelsuma geckoes are a natural prey item and they take them readily. These of course are expensive but if you breed them or know somebody who does perhaps they have some that don't make it. Feed these while they are fresh of course. Variety of food items always helps with tthese guys. BTW you can also feed them any non-toxic species of moths and butterflies both of which are readily accepted as well. Adult Cicadas also come to mind if you have those in Europe.

This is a common problem. I've worked through it will all my chameleons. The key is don't give up - keep trying different approaches - here's a few suggestions that have worked for me:

1) Vary the type of food. Silkworms are especially good and can be ordered on line. Be sure to get silkworm food when you get the worms. The worms are slow (easy for the cham to catch). Smaller crikets sometimes work- like a 5/8 size. An occasional Wild caught bugs, flies and moths are good to stimulate feeding.

2) Placement of the food can be key. My cham won't eat from a cup either, but if I place the worm (meal worm or other) on a leaf - that attracks feeding.

3) Timing is important. In the early morning, the cham starts "hunting" behavior. The cham will start roming the cage, especially pointing down or hanging down is a sign of hunting. When I see that, I place a worm in front of the cham, below him, if possible on a leaf to get him to strike at the bug.

Good luck! I'm sure you'll find something to work.

Sérgio-

The locale of the F. pardalis in the photos you posted is Nosy Be. Hope this helps!

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