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Okay but how will I keep the enclosure humid without substrate? Also, I am pretty confused right now, a lot of the information I am getting from this site is contradicting with professional advice I have gotten from store owners. I know they have profits backing them up, but it is also their job...

Female veiled chameleon, about five months old. Owned it for ten days. I handle it about two times a week. I feed my chameleon large mealworms and small crickets. I do not gut-load them, but I want to find out how to. On a normal day, she eats about three mealworms and five crickets. I...

Thanks, Mr. Wilson, that's great advice. It seems like the general consensus of the chameleon community is that substrate of any kind is to be avoided, but isn't it necessary for maintaining humidity? I also have some moss in the enclosure for the same purpose.

I purchased my chameleon about ten days ago. She is a female veiled, about four or five months old. I mist her twice daily, and feed her mealworms and crickets dusted with calcium with D3. Since yesterday, she has been rather sluggish, not moving very far from her basking spot except to get a...

Mkay, thanks

I don't have a thermometer yet, but I am getting one very soon. I have had some trouble with prey- at the place where I got her, they only fed her mealworms, so it took a bit to transition her from mealworms to small crickets, but as of today she is eating them very regularly. She has eaten four...

I have a 100W bulb and a ~5 month old female veiled chameleon. I have been consistently moving her away from the bulb, but she insists on moving to within about three inches from the roof of the enclosure, which is about five inches from the bulb. Is this too close?

Hehe, okay. Is that a normal amount of time, though? Just wondering if I should make any dietary adjustments.

How long do chameleons usually take to poo? Mine has been working on her current movement now for about twenty minutes. What should I do?

Not really. I haven't tried touching the burn since I know I am not supposed to touch her much, but her behavior seems normal. She still moves around well and such. I spoke with someone at the store I bought her at, and I was assured that, if it didn't look blistery or oozing, then it would heal...

Apl3jack, I had considered that, but she got the mark the day after we got her, so it seems unlikely that it could be a pigmentation flaw. Thanks for the advice, junglejoe, think I'll invest in that. What is a good temperature and humidity to keep her basking spot at?

Many thanks, Canischams. Female veiled chameleon. I am not sure how old she is, between four and six months. I have handled her once recently, when I took her out of her cage to rearrange stuff. I feed her mealworms and crickets, but she does not eat many crickets. She eats about five mealworms...

Ace, I have asked around a few places and the general consensus seems to be that it's a burn, which would make sense- on the first day, my setup was pretty flawed and it was cold, so I think she wandered too close to the heat lamp. Assuming it is a burn, what do you think of it?

Thanks for the advice! Are you suggesting that I remove the substrate completely? Also, what is the closest she can be to the basking light before I have to be nervous? She has wandered up to within a few inches of the light on the mesh before and I had to coax her back down.

I have a UVB bulb and a 100W heat lamp. Thanks for the cricket advice too. The guy at the pet store offered us what seemed like really big crickets, and she hasn't been eating any of that. She eats about four to five mealworms a day, but I think she has eaten a few crickets. That might account...

I have had this chameleon for five days now, and I just recently revised the enclosure. She is about 6 months old, and she is my first. I have tried feeding her crickets and mealworms, but she only really eats the mealworms, so I figure I'll stop feeding her crickets until she gets a bit older...