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thanks for the chart, very helpful for me as a beginner.

do you have fans on the cage or just in the area?

you really brought this one back from the dead ha 2006:eek: it looks like OP is still active though so that is a good sign for your answers:)

im still in my beginner stages of owning a cham, but right now the temps in the metro detroit area are in the mid 90s and the temperature as of now (12:30am) outside is 88* with ultra high humidity. my question is should i be running my basking light still? his cage is hotter then i would like...

loving the thread so far!

also, it seems to be normal for a chameleon to not eat well after an environment change, i was a little worried after mine wasnt eating too much but a quick google search i found plenty of others with the same experience.

i would just like to add, it sounds like you need to do a little(alot) more research as well before you go about this as well. Being that your first 3 suggestions arent for chameleons, although my baby chameleon who is my first cham doesnt seem to like when i put him down, ill take that as a...

just 1/4 inch hardware mesh, seemed to be a pretty common option for homebuilt cages.

here is ghost, my 5 week old male veiled chameleon. he is a little young possibly for me but i have done plenty of research so hopefully he will be a very happy little guy. he seems to be pretty happy and not scared of me too much:P only problem i am running into now is the little crickets...

spider plant is what i have now:) i went to home depot for a ficus and that was the only safe list plant i could see so i got it but i need more height, guess ill look around for a ficus again

just trying to do this right, but i only have 1 plant so far for my future cham, and i want to do it right, so where do you guys get your plants and what plants should i be looking for? i need some more height and more crossing branches from side to side for sure but i dont know what to get or...

yea im a research-aholic..i over research everything before i get it:P

thanks for all the advice, i decided against getting one yesterday though as my cage assembly didnt go as smoothly as planned(having trouble finding a lid that will work.) and i want to pick him up on a day im not busy to make sure everything goes will for him. pics will go up for sure! monday...

im getting my first reptile today, a veiled chameleon. After tons of research and prep like building a cage and testing temperatures, i think im ready. i have a kinda weird question, and no clue if its even possible..but if i would like to kind of have a smaller veiled chameleon, would i look...