Is this set up healthy?

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i have a veiled chameleon, a small one, probably 2 months old now. i just bought a cool mist humidifier in exchange for having to have someone at my house spray it every hour as it gets super dry. i came home and he was trying to sleep where he usually sleeps and his head was jerking straight up in down whenever a thick cloud of mist hit him.

heres a video. this happens once an hour and twice every other hour for fifteen minutes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77nw3zk42fU

there is a 100 watt basking bulb raised about 5 1/2 inches above the reptarium and its on a 12 hour timer, and i have a 60 watt red night bulb on a 12 hour timer at night.
there's a pothos plant in the bottom. 2 sizes of bendabranch, a 6 ft pothos vine, and a small small limb i washed off before i got him. there's a little dripper dripping into a plastic bowl in the bottom i empty every morning. he eats awesome and is very active. there's also a 18 inch reptasun 5.0 bulb across the top. temperatures in the day time in his basking area are 82-95. is this alright?
 
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Fail, you are posting the wrong code for embedding the clip in the forum.
Here, let me do it for you:

is that the right video?

I am not overly convinced if a veiled need to have that kind of humidity all the time.
How dry it gets?
you do need a dry time in between misting cycles.
40 - 70% is good for veiled.

PS: Check your PM inbox about the annotation i see in your clip.
 
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yes thank you! :D srry, i tried the other one but it didnt show up, i dont usually use forumns. XD i use tap water but use directed amount of reptasafe as well. does that set up sound good though?
 
alright i lowered the humidity output and set the timer to go off every hour and every other hour, i think that'll do the trick then.
 
and i have a 60 watt red night bulb on a 12 hour timer at night.

You dont need this

. temperatures in the day time in his basking area are 82-95. is this alright?

WAY to hot mate. Aim for 85 TOPS with a 2 month old.

And even though the fog looks AWESOME... its too much. 40-60% Humidity.

-Steven
 
LOL it costed 30 bucks at target haha. its an ultrasonic cool mist humidifier made for babies. it goes on for a few minutes now once and hour and every other hour, 15 minutes after its off the humidity drops to 15-20% and i bought it so someone wouldnt have to mist him while i am at work. humidity is at 65-70 now
 
Foggers are not replacements for misting.
They create humidity but do not create anything for the chameleon to drink from outside of a few drops here and there.

I also have a coolmist humidifier, outside of shedding and really dry days, I rarely use the thing. 2 mists a day give me humidity from 40-80%, no humidifier necessary, especially for a species that doesn't need so much humidity.
 
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