If it’s just the led I wouldn’t be to worried, he may be cold if you notice him trying to get closer to the lights often. But leds give little to no heat. What I would do is Just try raising temp very slowly in his basking area if this behavior continues but if he’s still on his branch not trying to hang off the side of the screen I wouldn’t be terribly worried about him getting close to the led. Do you have a solar meter?? I would recommend checking the level at his basking branch because you want to have the uvb/ heat sweet spot. But just so you know other people will probably ask you to fill out a care sheet just makes it easier to help.
If you don’t have a solar meter 6.5 there a must buy in my opinion. Will let you know optimal basking spot for your cham and save you hundreds in bulbs knowing that your bulb (that says to change after a year) is still working is a huge money saver
Give me just a few min gonna try to get someone in here that knows more than me. Havnt figured out how to tag someone on here
@Beman can you give this guy any decent advice? I didn’t even see the light at the bottom of your cage though you don’t want that. You want all your lights top down as if it’s the sun. Realize your cham doesn’t know what a light is so he just sees sun all around is prob to much. That’s probably your issue. And just to make sure you don’t have any black light or anything running at night right? All lights are off?
Yah that’s just something we all have to deal with they make these spotlights that can reach lower plants but that’s more for a large atrium style cage where the cam can get away. what you’ll prob have to do is Just rotate the plant or change it out for another kind of low light plant. (Pothos work great) Because you never want your lights anywhere but the top no matter what. Like beman said heat and moisture gradients are hugely important and you can’t make that with bulbs positioned like that. You gotta have your cham be able to get every kind of light uvb heat etc from his basking spot or you will have health problems rapidly.
Also I’m sure beman will agree the podcast called chameleon breeder podcast you can find it on iTunes or at chameleonbreeder.com has some of the most helpful info in the chameleon hobby in my opinion. Bill has over 100 episodes on pretty much anything you can think of cham related. How to mount plants what plants to use etc. also he’s a great guy who’s genuinely happy to help people. Can’t say enough good things about Bill strand and the chameleon breeder podcast. Just start putting an episode on in the car before you know it you’ll Be hooked.
https://www.chameleonbreeder.com/
The leaves of plants are the main part of the plant that contain chlorophyll to absorb the light and turn it in to energy for the plant. That energy will be transferred from the leaves to the roots. So it's a good thing that you have heavy leaf cover, it means more surfaces for your plant to absorb that light
Photosynthesis! Thanks Bill Nye
I tried that and my brain was in overload. lol
I never said anything about changing his light?
