new chameleon keeper but this hobby hit me hard and I cant get enough. I'm kind of trying to go for the jungle look and have a spare closet I think I can convince the wife to turn into a full blown "mini-zoo". its about about 100X48X120. Was thinking of setting it up with a ventilation system, built in lights, rain/mist system with thunder and all. building it in a layered approach where the upper part of the ecosystem will be for a few chameleon species (a panther, couple veiled, etc) no more than 5 all together. then at the bottom figured I can go bio and throw in a few bunnies/hamsters/frogs/other lizards, etc.
is this doable or am i just asking for trouble.
Just my opinion but....
100% don't do this.
You don't even want to keep 2 chameleons together in the same enclosure. Much less keep them WITH other types of animals/reptiles.
Chameleons need to be isolated. The only time I ever see anyone putting even 2 chameleons together, is simply for breeding, for a short, monitored window (this can be a dangerous process as chameleons will literally attack each other). Living together is not an option, as you're confining them in a much smaller space (even in a huge enclosure) than what they'd get out in the wild where they can just simply flee from each other.
Not to mention all these pets have different needs.....Will require different lighting, temps, humidity.
IMO, what would be really cool would be to turn it into a huge enclosure for 1 chameleon, OR do a couple/few enclosure setups in a way to where the chameleons can not even see each other from inside their enclosures.
Before you jump into multiple chameleons though , I highly suggest you start off with your 1 chameleon, get really comfortable with what's required for them (temps, fluctuating humidity, food, maintaining temps and humidity throughout the year, etc) before you take on multiple.
I highly recommend you submit your husbandry for review on here. The help you can get on these forums is amazing.
