How's the cage look

[Noahtb54]

got a 5 month old male veiled chameleon. Had him for a couple months now but he doesn't really seem happy as much during the day. His colors are darker colors. His happy colors are yellow and blue but I can't seem to get them to show during the day. I feed him around 5-8 crickets a day and his lights and humidity are fine. Also has a little dripper then runs into a live plant. I'm just seeing if I can do anything to make him happier while he's in his cage.

 

[Noahtb54]

Here's his cage

 

[jpowell86]

Cage is beginning to take shape! Good job! What are the basking and ambient temps in the enclosure?

 

[Noahtb54]

Cage is beginning to take shape! Good job! What are the basking and ambient temps in the enclosure?

The top of the cage stays around 75-82 during the day and at night it's about 65-70

 

[Alexander1]

Veileds can be a bit brown, mine is almost 11 months and ranges from darker muddy Browns all the way to beatific hues of green and turquoise I stopped trying to figure out why he's not always green, he's eating drinking growing and sleeping fine. Maybe when he gets closer to his mature colors he will be "greener"

 

[Noahtb54]

He seems to always stay at the top in the same spot during the day as well. But when he gets ready to sleep he'll move around to find a place to sleep

 

[Noahtb54]

Veileds can be a bit brown, mine is almost 11 months and ranges from darker muddy Browns all the way to beatific hues of green and turquoise I stopped trying to figure out why he's not always green, he's eating drinking growing and sleeping fine. Maybe when he gets closer to his mature colors he will be "greener"

Yeah he's healthy just wondering if he is always grumpy he's eating and drinking fine

 

[jpowell86]

The top of the cage stays around 75-82 during the day and at night it's about 65-70

He might be dark because he is not as warm as he would like to be. Male veileds like a basking area of 90-95 degrees with an ambient temp 80-85 degrees. Now at night they like a significant drop in temp...so that part is great. But I would up the wattage on my basking bulb to see if you get some better coloration results out of your boy. Just IMO.

 

[Noahtb54]

He might be dark because he is not as warm as he would like to be. Male veileds like a basking area of 90-95 degrees with an ambient temp 80-85 degrees. Now at night they like a significant drop in temp...so that part is great. But I would up the wattage on my basking bulb to see if you get some better coloration results out of your boy. Just IMO.

Thanks

 

[jpowell86]