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I bought a frilly for myself early this January from a local pet store. He is still young about 10 to 11 inches. He used to be active and eat 5-8 crickets as soon as i would drop them in the cage. Now he lets them walk all over him and he just stares at them. He has been this way for about a month and nothing has really changed to his environment. He has both light sources, a log for climbing, a waterwall, and a little pool. Ive asked both the pet stores in Tallahassee and they cant give me any reason or any advice to help him eat. What do i do ?? I have never fed him anything but crickets, should i try something else ? He isnt sluggish either, he will run around still but he mostly just bask on the waterfall. Help please

my frillie went throught the same thing when I moved, although mine stopped eating and moving all together. it took about 6 months and he is finally starting to get back to normal. be patient and do whatever it takes to get him water. ie, soaking, misting or if he still wont drink an eye dropper. try offering him different kinds of food, i offered mine waxworms, mealworms, silkworms, hornworms, clean earthworms, crickets, and butterworms. mine started to eat again after i gave him a hornworm aka tomato worm. they are fairly large worms so try to find a smaller one, if you can't find a pet store that has them you can order online. the other thing that helped was keeping him in a quiet room, and covering the tank. hope everything works out.

My Frilly LOVES hornworms, I get mine from mulberryfarms.com and am able to request small ones that were even small enough for my geckos to eat. Now, the thing about hornworms is their growth rate, faster than any other worm I have used as a feeder, so just make sure you don't order too many or their size will get out of control (oh, and the big ones BITE!!)

I have found that the hornworms are the best way to get a fasting animal to eat, the color and the way they move is just too much for a hungry lizard to pass up.

Also, for a great selection of feeders try nwormman.com, he is really reasonably priced and includes shipping in the regular prices.
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Greg 'n' Jenee
^1 Frilled Dragon *Pat*
^2 Chameleons *Captain & Commando, The Chameleon Squad*
^2 Mali Uromastyx *Mr Pink & Chica*
^3 Pictus Geckos *Beastie Boy & His Harem*
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