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Horizonal branches! Lots and lots of horizonal branches!

Absolutely!

Welcome to chameleon keeping! :ROFLMAO: No but seriously, the initial set up costs are rather high, even with as conservative a budget as good husbandry allows.

Imo, The Mistking system is the most Agreed. Plus, providing mist while no one is home is a good idea. Keeps the humidity up and give the cham a chance to drink throughout the day.

Given your schedule constraints, the more automated you can make the enclosure the better. Save up and get a Mistking-- your chameleon (and your own peace of mind) will thank you for it.

I'd get that substrate out if the bottom of the cage provided he's make. If your Cham eats the substrate his digestive system could become impacted. A bare cage bottom is fine-- they are arboreal after all.

This usually means a combination of temperature and humidity. The temperature refers to the temperature gradient in the cage from the basking spot (warmest spot in the cage the cham can reach) to the ambient temperature (near the bottom). The humidity is a relative measurement (obviously it's...

Hiya! Please give us some more information about your cham and enclosure set up with this form. You definitely covered a lot of these points but it's important to get a full picture. Also, thanks for the pics!: Chameleon Info: Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. How...

I can't tell from the picture if the drainage tray has some screen/netting on top of it, but for the sake of safety, I would put something over the pot. Chameleons can't swim and it's easy for chams (as well as feeder insects) to drown. Better safe than sorry. :)

Collard greens are great for gutloading crickets, though!

He's such a handsome boy! :love:

Many of the forum's sponsors offer awesome cages! I personally went with a 24"x24"x48" screen cage from DIYCages. It was ~$108 shipped. If you can spend the money, a Dragon Strand Cage is awesome!

It's just a jumbo rollie-pollie! :cautious: It almost sounds cute!

You can either bend the mesh, or just build a self-contained scaffold inside the cage itself held together with zip-ties.

In terms of zip ties? Nothing specifically in terms of brand. Just make sure that when you cut off the extra tail you don't leave any jagged edges your cham can cut itself on. Other than that, make sure you carry the size of sticks and vines in your enclosure so your cham's feet don't develop...

Zip-ties! Use so many zip-ties! They are great for putting together a frame of sticks upon which you can build the rest of your structure. Also, thumbtacks through the screen sides of the enclosure to hold branches/dowels horizontally. You definitely need more horizontal branches and more...

I've just been calling them 'beetles'. I feel like this makes them less gross, even if it somewhat inaccurate. :ROFLMAO: