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Really? I feel uncomfortable doing that because he already is scared of being sprayed. I can't imagine how traumatizing it would be for him to get sprayed directly in the face!

So we've had our baby veiled chameleon for a little over a week now and so far he's been doing seemingly well! However, for the past couple of days he has been frequently closing his right eye. The eye doesn't appear to be irritated or inflamed at all and he opens it back up when he feels us...

I switched it to a weaker, 60 watt, bulb! The ambient temp is 75 and the basking temp is around 87...is this too hot? I can't imagine how hot it must have been with a 100 watt :'( I feel so terrible. How could the breeders tell me to use such a strong light?!? His eye hasn't closed today at...

Switching out the light seems to have made a HUGE difference, even in such a small amount of time. He's been exploring all over his cage since I changed it and has eaten a bunch of crickets! He is closing his right eye every once and a while for about 30 seconds. What could this mean?

I just get home and he's laying on the branch, very relaxed looking. Is this normal? Or should he be more active? He's a pretty green color which is a good sign, right? I'm paranoid about his health

This was EXTREMELY helpful, thank you so much for taking the time to write such an informative response! The 75 degree reading is for the ambient temperature. I'm currently not home but I will most definitely be taking the temperature of his basking spot as soon as I return! The humidity is...

I want to ask you the same questions so I'll send you what I sent in an earlier comment! Thank you for the response!! I'm extremely confused/conflicted with the whole light situation. I was told by multiple breeders that a 100 watt would be okay and everything seems normal with the way he's...

He's still not fond of being held at all so we're giving him plenty of space! I'm the same way about the worms I make my boyfriend do all the bug holding!

Thanks for the reply!! He has a couple of "hiding" spots he has gone to once or twice. He also likes to sleep under there at night (SO CUTE!) He also ate out of my boyfriends hand a few days ago which was AWESOME

This makes me feel better!! I'll keep an eye on the cage just to be safe Thanks y'all!

Thank Thank you for the response!! I'm extremely confused/conflicted with the whole light situation. I was told by multiple breeders that a 100 watt would be okay and everything seems normal with the way he's acting, eating, etc. We have a thermometer in there that is reading 75 degrees and...

Thank you so much for the helpful info! I really felt like 100 watts was hot as well, but the breeder assured us that that's what he had been using and that if he got too hot, he would just go to the bottom to thermoregulate. So far, he's spent most of his time up top and only goes down to the...

Thank you SO much!! You're so right about putting the cage high up, I don't know why I didn't think about that! Do you think that could help him become less scared of me? I'm trying to give him some space since he's still so new but eventually I would like him to be comfortable with me holding...

Sorry I accidentally replied to this twice Disregard this!

Okay so we just got a baby, male veiled chameleon. We got him from a breeder to make sure he wasn't wild caught! I just want to make sure we're doing everything the way we're supposed to so he's as happy and healthy as possible ☺️ We have the following -a large Reptibreeze (screen) cage -5.0...