First Chameleon, help

[Rayneforest]

1. So even though I have a basic knowledge that chameleons are tricky to care for the let store lady threw some calcium and crickets in a bag and sent me on my way. The chameleon I got is a veiled chameleon and he seems really young only 2-3 inches not including his tail. I read as much as I could there online and I ended up getting
2. A mini Tall ExoTerra 12"x12"x18"
3. 2 vines with only 10 plastic leaves on them
4. Coconut shavings for the ground
5. The calcium a weekly multivitamin along with very small mealworms and the smallest crickets they had.
6. A dual deep ZooMed day light with one ReptiSun 5.0 UVB 13-watt light and one 60 watt daylight blue heating bulb.
7. Again I've never had one before and the lizards I've had before were VERY low maintenance but I'm in college and have plenty of time throughout the day to care for him. Thank you for your help.

 

[wavingsnail]

1. So even though I have a basic knowledge that chameleons are tricky to care for the let store lady threw some calcium and crickets in a bag and sent me on my way. The chameleon I got is a veiled chameleon and he seems really young only 2-3 inches not including his tail. I read as much as I could there online and I ended up getting
2. A mini Tall ExoTerra 12"x12"x18"
3. 2 vines with only 10 plastic leaves on them
4. Coconut shavings for the ground
5. The calcium a weekly multivitamin along with very small mealworms and the smallest crickets they had.
6. A dual deep ZooMed day light with one ReptiSun 5.0 UVB 13-watt light and one 60 watt daylight blue heating bulb.
7. Again I've never had one before and the lizards I've had before were VERY low maintenance but I'm in college and have plenty of time throughout the day to care for him. Thank you for your help.

1./2. I'm always curious as to which websites are telling people exo terras are the way to go with chameleons. There seem to be a lot of them. It might work in the short term, but it's not great.
3. More vines and branches, live plants.
4.Nope. If you haven't opened the bag yet, I'd return it.

 

[Rayneforest]

Well it was the only tank in this particular pet store besides fish tanks of course but I'll be moving him into a different terrarium when I move home for the summer. Also I was worried about which live plants, he tries to eat these plastic leaves, is there anything that might be poisonous? And what should I be using for the ground?

 

[Leo Chance]

It sounds like you have the right lights. Be sure the calcium is without D3.
Did you get a dripper for water? Did they tell you to spray the leaves? Real plants are better they hold moisture on the leaves for longer.
There is a care sheet for veileds on this site that is good to follow. The size seems typical of what I see in pet stores.
Good luck, it is not that tricky.

 

[wavingsnail]

Live plant list: https://www.chameleonforums.com/care/plants/
Veiled care info: https://www.chameleonforums.com/care/caresheets/veiled/
Enclosures: https://www.chameleonforums.com/care/enclosures/

All of this info (and more) is located in the resources section.

 

[Carlton]

1. So even though I have a basic knowledge that chameleons are tricky to care for the let store lady threw some calcium and crickets in a bag and sent me on my way. The chameleon I got is a veiled chameleon and he seems really young only 2-3 inches not including his tail. I read as much as I could there online and I ended up getting
2. A mini Tall ExoTerra 12"x12"x18"
3. 2 vines with only 10 plastic leaves on them
4. Coconut shavings for the ground
5. The calcium a weekly multivitamin along with very small mealworms and the smallest crickets they had.
6. A dual deep ZooMed day light with one ReptiSun 5.0 UVB 13-watt light and one 60 watt daylight blue heating bulb.
7. Again I've never had one before and the lizards I've had before were VERY low maintenance but I'm in college and have plenty of time throughout the day to care for him. Thank you for your help.

The pet shop sold you some supplies you don't need and will find you don't want long term:
Your Exoterra will only be large enough for a short time...you'll need a larger setup in a couple of months.
Plastic vines aren't great...live potted plants are the way to go.
You didn't need any bedding or substrate.
Multivitamins are not given weekly, they are given every 2 weeks at most.
The "daylight blue heating bulb" can be replaced by an ordinary porch spotlight...costs less and lasts longer.

 

[Virgil1972]

@Carlton is right live plants are best. They will grow and fill out the cage. They will help with humidity. They also just look better to.