Is my veiled cham ok?

[Pascal_2023]

Hello I just got a veiled chameleon the other day. He was bright green when wr got him and now in his new enclosure he stays a darker green?. He turns bright green in the mornings when he's waking up. Is this normal? I've never had a chameleon before , and it makes me nervous! The last picture is when i first put him inhis enclosure....

 

[Sherbertsmysunshine]

could be stress, where is his cage? is it lifted high?

 

[Pascal_2023]

Yes it's up high. I only have had him for 2 fans so I'm hoping it's just because it's a new enclosure and new place

 

[Pascal_2023]

could be stress, where is his cage? is it lifted high?

Yes it is up high. I'm hoping it's just because he's trying to get used to his surroundings and new enclosure

 

[SteveH]

Give him a few days to adjust to his new surroundings with little interactions with him. His darker colors is probably stress, his brighter colors at night/morning is normal. I highly recommend the fake plants and adding live plants and horizontal branches at different heights throughout the enclosure. Here's a link that you will find useful and a picture of one of my enclosures just to give you some ideas ...
https://chameleonacademy.com/veiled-chameleon-care/

 

[Beman]

I believe @SteveH meant he recommends removing the fake plants and adding live plants. Veiled chameleons eat their plants so you need live veiled tested plants.

Part of the issue is the overall cage set up. Everything in the cage is very low. also depending on your lighting he would not get any UVB that low in the cage.

Start reading everything in this program then ask questions here. https://chameleonacademy.com/chameleon-husbandry-program-getting-started-with-chameleons/

 

[Sherbertsmysunshine]

if your still worried after a while, you can book a call with Neptune the Chameleon. I did it with my little guy and she's a lot of help

 

[SteveH]

I believe @SteveH meant he recommends removing the fake plants and adding live plants. Veiled chameleons eat their plants so you need live veiled tested plants.

Part of the issue is the overall cage set up. Everything in the cage is very low. also depending on your lighting he would not get any UVB that low in the cage.

Start reading everything in this program then ask questions here. https://chameleonacademy.com/chameleon-husbandry-program-getting-started-with-chameleons/

My apologies, that's exactly what I meant to say. Remove the fake plants and add live plants. Here are some of the more commonly used plants.

 

[Beman]

You do not need to pay for a review on husbandry or cage... there are extremely experienced keepers within this forum that will do a full husbandry review for free.

However at this point I would not necessarily do one because there are too many basic husbandry items that are not correct. Reading through the links Steve and I gave you will get you on the right path with the correct information.