Help me please!

I am a new owner and I was wondering if it is good to give your 2 chams 10-20 crickets to share? They will eat all of them that I put in the cage. They sleep after they eat is that okay? Do they look healthy? I am a little stressed about if they are doing good or not. I have a mister, foggier,lights,and fake/live plants. Not sure what else to do please help as much as you can.The first is the male.
The second is the female.

Welcome to the forums! Here is some great reading for you: https://www.chameleonforums.com/care/chameleons/

Are they in the same cage if they're sharing crickets? The pictures didn't work.

Yes they are in the same cage but they do not harm each other it is a 18"x 18"x 36". I redid the pictures and I am starting to read that link you gave me.

It is not normal for them to sleep during the day. How old are they?

Hey i understand the stress you are feeling. First off i suggest you find the "how to ask for help" page under "health clinic" so that we can all have a better idea of your setup/schedule to be able to provide you the proper assistance.

Secondly
i'm relatively new myself but from what i've learnt, chameleons shouldnt sleep during the day. If they do then i would think there may be something the matter. However if u're feeding them before their "bed time" then that's normal but they should be fed ideally in the morning and not at night.

Also, seperate enclosures is recommended for the chameleons although you believe they're co-habitating just fine. Who knows who may be more dominant and therefore abusing the other and/or which of the two is actually eatin all the crickets unless u're monitoring them for the duration of their wake time. Anyway. I wish you the best of luck and suggest you use that "how to ask for help" template.

They are about 6-9 months. I watch them to see who is eating more but they are both eating just fine. I feed them in the morning. Like 2-3 hours before i am going to turn off the light the male goes to sleep. is that okay and if not what can that mean?

sleeping druing the day usually means something is not right. It can be a lighting problem sometimes. Like if the lights were too strong and could bother their eyes. Usually sleeping is a sign of illness. It could be a parasite even. 2-3 hours before lights out is not normal.

This is their enclosure. What do you think about the setup?

The UV is 26w and the heat lamp is 100w. Is thoughts the right watt.

Hey there!

Maybe you should fill out the https://www.chameleonforums.com/how-ask-help-66/ form to give a better overall impression of your husbandry. It will be easier to point possible errors that might be causing problems, instead of having to ask about each thing separately.

Although you say they get on ok together, it could be that one is more dominant than the other and one is being stressed. Is that possible? Are you able to cope with possible babies? The size of viv you have is fine for one but too small for two adult chams. It would be good if you could fill out the form so we get more info to help you.

The wattage of the bulb depends on what kind of temperatures you can get with it. I keep my Jackson under a 60w bulb most of the year to get basking temps in the high 80s. If that wattage doesn't make temperatures in the range I want then I upgrade or downgrade the wattage as needed (higher wattage is hotter).

Your cage looks nice! But is only big enough for one chameleon.

Sleeping during the day could be caused by literally anything unfortunately. Even just stress. and to have two adult Jackson's in a 18x18x36" cage they are going to be stressed. Unfortunately they need to be separated immediately even if you haven't seen signs of problems between the two. Only sometimes will chameleons be aggressive enough to actually attack each other in the same cage, but they can still be very stressed by being in close quarters with each other. The male will be constantly trying to pressure the female into mating, and she is most likely pregnant by now if being kept with the male. Are you prepared for many babies that are very fragile? Jackson's do not lay eggs, they give birth. The pressure to mate is very stressful for the female, and being forced to be near the male when pregnant is even more stressful. If one cham is more dominant then that one will likely get more of the food and be in the basking position longer, which will mean the other won't be able to bask and thermoregulate like it needs and may not be getting enough food or water. The signs of cagemate aggression can be very subtle and easily missed. It doesn't sounds like much but that can be the difference between life and death over time. It is much more difficult to get a sick chameleon back to health than it is to prevent them from becoming sick. They need to be separated immediately before they slip away from you.

Here is a caresheet for Jackson's: https://www.chameleonforums.com/care/caresheets/jacksons/

hey your setup looks great im a soon to be chameleon owner im just wonderind what kind of carpet or substrate that is on the bottom of the cage and where did you get it? i also have the same cage by the way