So I got my 1st Chameleon last week. He's a 5 month old veiled. When I bought him from the reptile show which I really didn't want to resort to. He was the brightest and most patterned out of the 40 or so others in between the 2 cages they were all housed in. Well I already had and 18x18x24 Exo Terra Screened set up since I was in the cham market. It has a 18 inch UVB fixture w a Reptisun 5.0 for UVB and for natural light im using the dual compact top off of one of my other terrariums with two 26 watt Repti Glo 2.0s for now Till after christmas. Then I can afford the Dual Canopy which will fit 1 repti sun 5.0 and repti sun 2.0 liner bulbs. With a Halogen 35 watt basking light fixed in center. Anyways its daytime temps near top basking areas range upper 80's f afternoon and now at 9 am its 82 rarely hits 90 maybe sometimes. Nighttime low 70s F. I use spray bottle several times a day for hydration and sometime use a cup for a drip and feed crickets. I use the calcium supplements that I use for all my geckos to dust once and a while. Its Repashy Calcium. I have 3 live plants 2 Pothos and abricola all in pots replanted in organic fox farm mix covered in heavy river rock. I used the rocks because I caught him in the bottom foilage trying to eat dirt and and who knows what else , perlite ect... Well hes still goes down now attacks rocks and chews on them once in a while shoot tonge at huge rocks. Most are unable for him to even think of eating some could be ingested but it wouldnt be an easy task I just hate going in rearranging taking rocks out putting in. Till he is settled. He seems so Dark most of the day sits on the Vine I tied across the top and even sleeps there. Seems like a balancing act really. Always dark though as if sun bathing but I don't want to cook him. At night he goes to sleep and gets and awesome color to him. I don't know if its because he is finally relaxed or no longer taking in heat. Who knows, well I don't yet. Eats once and a while sometimes as soon as I put a cup in sometimes not till one escapes the cup and starts walking around terrariums and hell hunt it. Oh yea humidity having trouble but in process of a background to keep in some moisture usually 39 to 40 percent humidity slight rise at night. . Once in a while he'll rub his eye on vine suck it back in head and pop back to normal looks very disturbing but Im a paranoid person. He's eyes are clear wide open always moving just twice now I seen him do the weird eye thing. Sorry for such a ramble just wanted to throw as much out there as possible if anyone could think of anything that I should know or do feel free to let me know thank You. Have a nice Day
