Thank you everyone for your input, below I have filled out the chameleon info that was given to me prior to this message:
- Your Chameleon - Male veiled chameleon, 1.5 years (I think) and I have been caring for him for almost a year.
- Handling - I recently haven't handled him much at all due to work and school, but he does enjoy coming out and climbing up my curtains
- Feeding - He will sometimes get horn worms when the store is out of crickets. But I feed him crickets, horn worms on occasion, butter lettuce once a week, and some fruits and veggies throughout the week as well (blueberries, strawberries and bananas) and I also gut load the crickets with the same fruits and veggies and carrots as well.
- Supplements - I have the basic ZooMed without and with D3 powder, and dust the crickets without D3 every day and with D3 every other week ( about)
- Watering - This is a problem for me; he has the ZooMed Reptirain for his misting schedule, which goes off every hour for15 seconds, throughout the day. The problem is, it dries up so quickly due to the heat lamp and I cannot keep it humid in there whatsoever. It also doesn't help that I live in Colorado where there is basically no humidity. I rarely see him drink, which is why I give him butter lettuce as it has a lot of water in it, and he really enjoys it.
- Fecal Description - His poops are perfectly fine, white and maybe a hint of yellow and the normal brown poop that comes after. He has not ever been tested for parasites.
- History - Before I took him into my hands, my ex had kept him in a glass tank with another female, who bullied Harold when he was just a few months old. He has been living in his own screen cage for almost a year now and has improved since being in the tank.
Cage Info:
- Cage Type - I would say it's a combo. I got the big 2x2x4 all screen cage and had my dad help me put plexiglass around 3 of the 4 inside walls to help maintain humidity since it's so dry where I live.
- Lighting - About a week ago, I had finally bought him (what I think) is the proper UVB lighting light. It's the ZooMed Reptisun Terrarium Hood T5 HO High Output light, and the moment I first put it in there he was basking under it for a good hour. For his basking lamp, I just use a standard house 60 watt light, it is NOT LED.
- Temperature - The temperature range goes from about 77 degrees up to 89 degrees on hotter days. The coldest it gets in my room at night is 66 degrees.
- Humidity - I don't know that my humidity levels are, but I know they aren't good enough. I need a hygrometer but haven't found a decent one yet.
- Plants - Harold used to have a jungle of a cage with all live plants, but apparently I don't know how to take care of plants and they literally all died. This past August I got him one big Umbrella Tree which filled the entire cage, and when you see the picture below, you'll see how sad of a tree it is now.
- Placement - The cage is in the corer of my room on a nightstand that sits 3 feet above the ground. It's by a vent but I leave the vent closed so no air can reach him. I usually have my ceiling fan on medium to help get some air circulation in his cage as well and keep it not too hot in his cage.
- Location - I live in Northern Colorado.
Current Problem - He sheds quit often, and not full body sheds just little parts of his body here and there. I am worried about his hydration. His weight, literally everything. He seems happy but that doesn't mean he's healthy.
Here are some photos:
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