Suggestions:
Read some of the old posts on here. There is lot of great information in them!
Look at these sites:
http://adcham.com/
http://www.chameleonnews.com/
Make sure that your basking temperatures (mid 80's for a young one) are good so that digestion can be good.
Make sure that you gutload your insects with an appropriate and nutritious gutload. I feed my crickets, for example, a wide variety of greens (dandelion greens, collards, kale, endive, ROMAINE lettuce, etc.) and veggies (sweet potato, white potato, squash, carrots, zucchini, celery leaves, etc.).
Supplement the insects properly before feeding them to the chameleon. Insects have a poor ratio of calcium to phosphorous, so use a phos.-free calcium at most feedings. I also use a vitamin powder that has a beta carotene source of vitamin A. Beta carotene sources don't build up in the system, but preformed do. There is some controversy over chameleons needing preformed vitamin A so some people dust once in a while with the preformed. Since my chameleons only get UVB light from a tube light (no direct sunlight) I dust with a D3/calcium powder twice a month. D3 can build up in the system too, so caution is advised not to overdo it.
Make sure that you have a good UVB florescent bulb and that its close enough to the chameleon to be of benefit and that the light from it doesn't pass through glass or plastic...and if you can, get your chameleon into direct sunlight.
Make sure that you keep your chameleon well-hydrated. Hand misting, drippers, etc. all help to provide a chameleon with enough water. It is not recommended to use fountains in the cages due to the difficulty in keeping them clean.
I don't recommend using substrate for arboreal chameleons. Its too easy to cause impaction.
If you use real plants (and I do recommend it) then they should be non-toxic and well washed (both sides of the leaves) and the soil well rinsed through and covered to prevent the chameleon from ingesting it.
If you have an egglaying female, then I recommend that you put an appropriate egglaying site in her cage from the time she is about 5 month old. Failure to provide a female with a place to lay her eggs can lead to eggbinding....and death.
Whew! Hope you aren't sorry you asked now!
