Recent content by DesertChameleon

Off Topic but his monstera just put out its biggest leaf to date. In the winter too. Cheers to the upcoming New Year wish you all and your reptile buddies a good one.

I saw this exact video 😆

Whew how very re-assuring, I was scared when it happened, but he did it so nonchalantly I felt no need to panic for some reason. In the back of my head I was scared he had broken something because I’ve read so much about it. I just had a whole day researching chameleons jumping and I’m glad I...

I was just in bed as usual many feet away from his enclosure just observing him like I normally do in the morning. He had just finished basking, he was looking down at something and out of nowhere he just jumped. He has on many occasions made his way to the floor to climb up the TV stand or...

Aquaman enjoying a toasty 80 degrees in this gloomy weather.

Been a while since I’ve posted and I don’t have photos of the deed but Aquaman jumped off of his enclosure today. I thought he fell but I know what I saw, he leapt a few inches off the cage onto the floor emitting a soft thud. Although he fell on carpet, I was worried he may have hurt himself...

Hello been a while since I’ve posted. Summer time is here and it is already reaching the 100s. Plus it is getting really dry. To reach his lower night time temps we have to use air conditioning which really lowers the humidity. I’ve had bad experiences with humidifiers and mold so what I’ve...

Been pretty successful these cold winter mornings keeping Aquaman hydrated (40 degrees outside). I’m convinced in these colder months these guys do not like to get wet like in the summer. So I allow him to free roam out of his cage before watering his enclosure and his plants. When he comes...

for a regular weekday, doing this takes care of watering the plants, hydrating the chameleon, and increasing overall humidity in the room (i usually air out first thing in the morning and humidity just drops)

i’ve used this method if i’m to leave the house for while longer in the summer or if i don’t expect to be home for the weekend. Id put a buncha ice cubes in a tray that had a hole and put on top of the cage.

His favorite spot to hang out while everything dries. Once dry he goes back inside lights on and off to work.

In the past, I’d just setup a timer and run some sprinklers every so often but I was not sure if Aquaman was hydrating. Running sprinklers too often with the lights on was never good for the live plants either. I’ve found that turning off the lights then misting the cage for the plants worked...

Here are some examples of his daily cage climbing

Yes he is definitely not the scrawny boi we had in the summer. He picked up some new orange and green colors too.

I’ve posted before about Aquaman’s free range in our bedroom and I’ve noticed his grip is considerably stronger. I’m his tree person that when he says “let me out”, I open his cage and put him on his branch by the table. In photos I’ve noticed his legs have become thicc. I was worried in the...