gabidesimini
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I recently bought a baby female veiled chameleon. I got her a week ago. She is about 4-5 inches, head to tail. She is in a 16x16x30 screened in cage. Lots of real plants, vines, and branches in her cage. She has a basking light and the UVB light that are on from 6am-9pm. She has a heating bulb (that gives off no light, just heat) on 24 hours- I live in Indiana so it's our winter season. She is normally green, sometimes she will get brown sports or turn a very light brown. Her poop is white. I mist her plants 3 times a day. She seems to love her home, and she's active (often walking around her cage). She ate the first 4-5 days I got her. Small crickets and wax worms. I fed her 3-4 wax worms in the morning and probably 5 small crickets at night. The last 2 days though, she hasn't ate. Also, she let me pet her about the 4th day I had her. She seemed open to me. But now, everytime my hand gets to close to her, she backs way up and sometimes hisses at me. I understand that she still might be stressed and getting used to her new environment. But she is my first chameleon and I wanted to make sure I'm doing everything right. My two questions are- why has she stopped eating and why is she hissing at me? Suggestions and any help will be appreciated, thank you!