I have veiled babies right now and below is the info that I give to everyone that's getting one of my babies. Welcome to the forums and I hope this info will help you to keep your little guy healthy and happy.
Below are items that you will need and name brands of what I use.
You will need a starter cage to began with. Get a screen cage no bigger than 30 high at the max to start with. Too big he will not be able to find his food. Even a little smaller would be good. lllreptiles has about the best cages for the money and get something small enough that it will fit in your car so you can use it for travel......vet visits and so forth when he moves up to a big boy cage (48 inches high) or a free range tree.
http://lllreptile.com/store/catalog/reptile-supplies/reptile-cages-glass-and-screen/
You need a Reptisun 5.0 tube light. You can see a pic of it here: It's the best UV bulb to use for chameleons.
http://lllreptile.com/store/catalog...por-bulbs/-/zoo-med-24-repti-sun-50-uvb-bulb/
You probably will not need a basking light right at first. He'll be so young he'll only need to bask at about 80 to 82 until 4 or 5 months old. My adult male bask at 88 or 89.....once in awhile it gets to 90. You can use a household bulb you'll have to keep testing the temps. (25 to 40 watt or so)
Your lights need to be across the top of the cage and you need allot of vines and branches 8 inches or so down from the top.....under the lights. Veileds love to bask and you don't want him rubbing his veiled on the screen or he'll wear the top off and get burned under the light.
You can make a homemade dripper. Take a plastic cup or bowl and poke a couple of very small holes in the bottom. As adults you can use a plastic milk jug. Fill it with warm water and make sure it drips very slow over a vine with leaves so your little guy can drink from the leaves. Also mist for a pretty long time. It takes awhile for them to start drinking. I would mist 3 or 4 times a day for 3 minutes or so at first. Just make sure the cage dries out real good between each misting. As adults I mist twice a day for about 5 minutes. You will need drainage for your cage. Maybe some holes in the bottom with a bucket or pan sitting under it to catch the water.
Branches from outside are ok from most trees. Clean them well and some member bake them in the oven. Cut the branch the size you need and thumb tacks can be use on each end to hold the branches up.
You really need the 5.0 UVB bulb like the one in the link above. It has to be the tube style. A must to keep you guy from having eye problems or MBD. If it's fairly warm in your house at 2 to 3 months old you will not need a basking bulb, when older or if your house is cold you will need one. Measuring the heat is very important. I have a temp. gun. Chameleons can fry in a very short time in the heat. At night he needs to be dark, no light, and cool so he can rest. He should be 10 degrees cooler at night than in the daytime but not below 65........70 as a baby.
The feeders have to be "lightly" dusted with 3 kinds of supplements. Plain calcium (no d3) at just about every feeding...... if you skip one or two days a month that's ok. Calcium with d3 twice a month and a multi. vit. once a month. VERY IMPORTANT so he will not get MBD. In this link I use the 1st, 3rd and 5th one.
http://lllreptile.com/store/catalog/reptile-supplies/vitamins-medicines-and-cage-cleaners/
You need to gut load the feeders with collard greens they are excellent. You can also use kale, carrots, butternut squash apple and orange. You can also buy a premixed gut load. My vet makes one that I use and one of the Forums members sales dry gutload here:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/dry-gutload-sale-37717/
The Raising Kitty link on keeping veileds is excellent. I still refer to it from time to time.
http://raisingkittytheveiledchamele...-max=2008-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&max-results=11
