I lost my chameleon in a tree. Advice?

[areptile_dysfunction]

Hi,

I have a juvenile male Jackson cham and we were climbing a candlenut tree. I took my eye off of him for, like, 20 seconds max. He up and ditched. The candlenut tree is not atrociously tall (maybe thirty feet) and I'm pretty sure if I spotted him I could retrieve him. I live on a mountain in Hawaii so I'm not particularly concerned about the climate, but predatory birds are real. Plus I miss my lil' dragon. He's been out of sight for about three hours.

Any tips on how to spot him?

 

[kinyonga]

That's a pretty tall/big tree to have to look for him in. Try using a flashlight at night because he should be a lighter color...sleeping (so still) and might show up in the tree.

Can he get to any other trees? Anything else?

 

[areptile_dysfunction]

He can probably reach the neighbor's shrubs, and he can reach my chainlink fence. I'm kinda just banking on the hope that he didn't

I'll try to look for him with a flashlight now