Built enclosure

[TheVeiledYoshi]

Hello everyone! My name is Ben.

I'm new to the forums. A few months ago my son asked me for a pet chameleon, therefore i have been doing a crazy amount of research.
In the past two months, I was able to build an enclosure, and two weeks ago, we finally brought our veiled chameleon home (Yoshi).
I wanted to make sure that the enclosure was ready before bringing him home. I git a few ideas from other builds I saw and some ideas were all on my own.

I have live plants ( money tree, pathos 2, and bermiliad 2)

The misting system that I have is a mistking system.

I have two basking spots, 100w incandescent bulbs

I also have a grow light for my live plants.

A linear T5 UVB bulb

Everything is on a timer (12hr) system.

At the moment I have been gutloading the crickets, in my area it is extremely hard to find worms for my veiled chameleon
For some reason all the reptile stores are super far, and petsmart isn't very knowledgeable on things.
This is why I wanted to thank the forum and the YouTube community that was able to give good info and feedback.

 

[Klyde O'Scope]

Hi Ben, welcome.

Can't tell... is that enclosure in 2 levels?
What's the overall size?

2 100W basking lights may be too much—depends on how hot things get.
Babies can sometimes climb & crawl on the inside of the top, so if you can't keep your hand on the screen, it's likely too hot for the cham.

Temps for a baby veiled should be:
Baby/juvenile (<9 months): ambient 72-80F (22-26C), basking 85F (29C) measured by digital thermometer with probe at basking site(s).

Tilting your basking lights can provide a range of temps rather than hot spots.

If you haven't yet, check out (peruse) the Resources section here, and
Chameleon Academy.com