Thank you all for your comments and suggestions. It is very helpful. Next time I do plan on getting an older chameleon.
I had put in the bowl, because before I was using a smaller 'climb out dish' (previously used for a leopard gecko) and while at school I'd come home and it would have...
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I purchased a young male panther chameleon, a 'baby' as he was only about two inches maximum, with tail uncurled. Last night he was doing fine, but when I woke up this morning I found him floating in a water dish (used for catching water drippings), with his tongue...