I have a plastic food cup I use as a feeder bowl that's probably 5" deep and the crickets dont jump out of it. When I first started using a cup I had a stick going down into the bowl and the crickets would eventually climb out one by one and Apone would have no trouble eating them before they...
Welcome to the forum! There is lots of advice to be given. You need to search this site for feeding/gutloading information, and also fill out the husbandry questionnaire. It's quite normal for a chameleon to not eat for days when they move to a new home. They are under a lot of stress. I can...
As a chameleon owner and father of four kids, I would likely recommend against buying a chameleon as a gift if a parent were to ask my advice. However, assuming the recipient of the chameleon really wanted one and had invested time studying up on care, I'd suggest they get the enclosure set up...
With a young veiled, I'd be worried about humidity being too high for the ambient temp, particularly in/above live plants where she spends lots of time. I've noticed as much as 20% difference from the side of my hybrid indoor vs. on top of a potted plant. Of course, it's indoors.
You sound like you know what you're doing, but I would recommend being absolutely sure of the temps/humidity during the day. Theres a big difference between 80 degrees and 30% vs 85 degrees and 50%.
Problem with laser kind is they take surface temp and the air temp is what's important and can be many degrees warmer than the surface you're shooting. You need a way to read air temp where your chameleon sits nearest the heat lamp, and need to make sure it doesnt exceed 85. Another sign the...
His basking air temperature needs to be 80-85 degrees F with a humidity no higher than 40-50% during the day. He needs many more horizontal climbing branches at various heights in the enclosure, with a cooler shaded area at the bottom at room temp or 70 degrees F. The heat lamp likely needs to...