Lots of foliage is good as long as it's the right foliage and it's useful and safe... meaning if it's either a) potentially harmful or b) can't be used for climbing, it's not beneficial.
That bright tropical decor would work really well for a fish or hermit crabs, but I don't really see a lot that would be beneficial for a chameleon... not only the bright colors (which the cham may dislike), but the functionality in general. It honestly looks extremely similar to the tank I had...
A 20 second mist dries up so quickly and doesn't really put out a lot of water for a cham to drink. I would do five minutes every four hours instead. I do five minutes every two hours which might be overkill but many do less and are just fine.
I used to get made fun of a lot more because I had rats. At one point, my rats were in the double-digits. They were all rescues, for the record. Now that I have two chams instead of rats, I don't get made fun of as badly because I guess that's more "normal" than rats. :rolleyes: People used to...
Has anyone ever attempted to connect two of the 2x2x4 DIY or LLL cages side-by-side by leaving out one panel on each side of the cage and some how attaching the two so it is a double wide? How would I go about doing that?
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It sounds like you're on the right path with either a veiled or panther as your starter chameleon, as they are more hardy than other species and share similar husbandry. Looking at your blueprints for your cage setup, it seems as though you are more than capable of handling either/or...