Thank you all for the amazing and thorough advice. I'll look into getting the Arcadia UVB lights, adding more cover, and making sure the basking temp is closer to 80
It's actually not perlite, but rather river stones. However - you're right that they could get ingested. I will remove as many...
So, I'm quite an anxious person, and I wanted to make sure I had everything absolutely 100% ready before my chameleon (a male panther) arrives.
The lights up top are a 75W basking bulb, a reptisun T8 5.0 bar, and a 24W LED light (for the plants).
I made sure that the branch right under the...