Dark Coloring

[AdamJB]

Hey all Ive had my veiled cham for about 4 months or so now. He's active, eating/drinking and growing well but what concerns me the most is his coloring. Most of the time he is a dark kinda ugly brownish green. Except at night when hes asleep he get pretty green with bright yellow bars.

Is this normal?

 

[Brad Ramsey]

Adam,

What are the basking, ambient, and lowest temps in the enclosure?
Is it screen? how big is the enclosure? How old is your veiled?

-Brad

 

[AdamJB]

He's in a screen enclosure that measures 18X19X36 basking temp is 91 ambient ranges from 75-80 lowest temp is maybe 71 at night. And he is approx 9 mo's

 

[Chameleons Northwest]

He's in a screen enclosure that measures 18X19X36 basking temp is 91 ambient ranges from 75-80 lowest temp is maybe 71 at night. And he is approx 9 mo's

What type of UVA and UVB lighting are you using? How long are the lights on each day?

 

[AdamJB]

basking light is a 75 watt house bulb UVB is a 5.0 repti glo. lights are on 10 hrs

 

[Justin Carl]

does he get greener when he ventures down to the bottom of his cage?

 

[Chase]

does he get greener when he ventures down to the bottom of his cage?

Does he stay dark all day?

 

[LunaC]

Providing your husbandry is sound and he's eating, drinking and active, it could be very normal. At 8+ months, he is still maturing, so may take even a few more months before he fully develops his adult patterns/colors. Even then, when he's fully matured, his calm (normal) colors may still be dull green/brown with dull bars. The bright green/yellow colors of sleeping are normal, too. You generally won't see those unless he's sleeping or displaying in response to stress/threat.

 

[AdamJB]

Most of the time he is dark regardless where he is in the cage. But every so often I catch him in his cricket catching spot and he's brighter. I just didnt know if it was normal for veileds.