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“Always use full-spectrum lights that closely resemble natural sunlight”… https://www.chameleons.info/l/the-fraud-of-the-light-perception-and-its-implication-on-chameleon-color-change-understanding-and-lighting-choice/

The Fraud of the Light Perception and its Implications on Chameleon Color Change Understanding and Lighting Choice aka Chameleons Shine But Get Blindfolded ...

Y little valet Chameleon is been like a week no eating 3 days sleeping all day , moving slowly, and a light green color i really worry she likes to be with us and comes to the hand and be super expecial all this time We have Her. ,I tried to get all worm's and crickets and she prefers eat fly...

So I’ve been slowly separating my baby veils from there 3x2x4 enclosure. They are about 3-4 months old. The male I separated just recently (His name is 13) got a 2 ft Arcadia 12% for his new 1.5x2x2, now here’s the problem. He turned gravid colors after just being lime green like his...

"The third eye, that is called parietal eye is capable of detection of a wide spectrum of light from IR through visible spectrum to UV at low intensities"....and ... "So even when the eyes of the chameleon are closed, it does not allow him to sleep fully if it detects visible (even red)...

Hi everyone! So in my cham room is also where I keep my plants, as chameleon keeping has turned me into a hardcore botanist and I am collecting far too many plants to keep up with. Across from my chams I have a shelf and wanted to get a grow light to put on it, but I’m wondering if that would...

I frequently hear that colored lights are bad for chameleon eyes and they shouldn’t be used. Where does this come from? If you think about full spectrum “white” light it’s made up of a broad spectrum of wavelengths that our eyes interpret as white. Which logically means it contains both blue...

My cham's schedule is from 7 to 7, which means that when I go to bed at 11, the cham wakes up when I walk in and turn the lights on. I however have strip lights, and can choose what color I want them to be with a remote. Since chams can't see a certain color light, can I make the lights be that...

Hello, just wanted to see if this looks healthy for a 5 month old veiled male. I seen the thread about it but this looked a little different than the photos because of the color. Thanks

Zilla update... We are going in to our 7th week with zilla and she’s shed twice and growing beautifully. We made all the changes recommended since our first post, however we introduced the linear fixture lighting we were recommended on here from light our reptiles for a week now and she’s been...

Hey everyone, Greedo turned 1 year old on christmas. I have had him since he was 3 months old and have had no problems at all during this time. Not sure if this is something i should worry about, but usually he is dark green with darker green stripes through out the day. I just got home from the...

Hello, so I have a male red bar panther chameleon that is about 4-5 months old. I have several questions regarding basking lights. First of all, what specific basking light do most of you use? Second, what wattage would you recommend for a cage 18'x18'x36'? Thirdly, would you recommend a yellow...

Ok, so its been about a week since ive had my baby panther cham. Ambilobe. My gradient in temps is 74~88 range. But hardly ever do i see him not dark brown color. I have a reptisun 5.0 for uvb.and a 43 watt house bulb for heating. My fixture is a large, wide dome. He is eating and...

I think I posted something about this already but Im old so I forget things. Anyway in the room were I will be keeping the cham. I have a leopard gecko across the room with a blue night light.I also have a red light on another cage.Wiill this bother the cham? Could I just throw a towel over...

Hows it going guys, so today i took out my baby panther out into the sun and it seems to show amazing colors in the sun, on the contrary inside my home with the UVB light his colors arent as extraordinary as outside. what is the reason for this? do i need something else in my viv in order to...

so the last two days when i have gotten home from work and went to mist his enclosure he has been a very light color. as i am new to chams i am not sure if this is normal, or what the light coloring means. i might be overeacting but thought i would ask. any replies would be much appreciated. my...