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I do not leave feeders in feeder in the cage for hours. They get one-two hours, then they get taken out and offered the next day. If they eat, they do not get fed the next day unless they are babies. If i want hunger strikes, the easiest way to trigger them is have feeders in the cage 24/7...

Hee did get a slice of salmon for being patient while i peel all his toes.

I have a different technique

I prefer the videos where the person finds an injured cham, nurses it back to health, and comes back with a herd of babies. And during the video the chameleon changes gender and species and age, several times, but at least its always the same color :p

Happy plants crowd out the basking light around here 😊 But yea i have basking (well its a string of 3 35 halogens) a dual T5HO with one 6500k for plants and one UVB. And i still need more light to keep hibiscus alive.

Id say if you got over 6 years, you were a good parent, especially for a female, they seem to live a little shorter lives. In the wild they only last a year. Hatch, eat like crazy, and lay eggs before the dry season hits. If you live long enough to see your own eggs hatch, you are the 1-2%.

Just keep track of hot spots. I would also angle it vs straight down. This creates and ellipse instead of a round hot spot. If you noticed in my pics either the bulb is angled or the cham/stick is angled.

the fillout police should be here any time. About the only new info you added vs OP is "100w heat lamp & arcadia shadedweller 300mm 8watt 7%uvb, 17%uva". That is way too low for a cham. Its just a 7% T5 non HO. its mean for geckos/anoles in short tanks. Not tall cham cages. Ideally you...

Id say its too hot, or doesnt have a good cool spot. And there is no place to hide. Your little guy might be one of the ones that want "here is my pet bush" that may or may not have a chameleon in it. Or in my case, simply moving the cage to next to a non sun facing window fixed it. The...

Pretty sure im going to get shinny new tegu in less than a week.

Is that a bug zapper? or worse a UVC sanitizer? Over all looks good. My crew would want more window looking out vines. Uhh charlie has some edema starting, its why the eyes and the throat look like that.

Just stop feeding them. Then they nom nom each other and you end up with one big worm.

For me its room temp. a 39 watt is the same as a 60 watt normal bulb, and a 50 watt is the same light output as a 75 watt. And they have built in reflectors. So honestly the best option might be to just get the 50 watt and move it farther away. This would increase the heat area. Here is a...

no.. I run these, either the 39 or 50 watt depending on the cage. they are a bulb in a bulb, so pretty splash proof. https://www.amazon.com/Par20-Medium-Lasting-Output-Halogen/dp/B07Q7Y8P6G?th=1

That plant light is going to make everything look blue/purple. Just about any incandescent (or better halogen) will do. It doesnt need a lizard on the box. The only concern is the beam angle and heat spot is the same. Ive gotten 6 packs and some are brighter than others. As Elizaann2 says...

Algae has trouble growing in the dark...

Because of course you have to shed as soon as you wake up, in 30% humidity .