I have just recently convinced my girlfriend to let me get a chameleon. I have been reading on here and elsewhere online about them for several weeks now and had started saving up for everything I will need. I have also decided to feed with dubia and have also been loomig into that A Lot and will def get a colony bought as started before I buy my little guy. My biggest worry is keeping the temp and humidity at the levels needed, never owning one I am concerened how difficult it could be. I will be getting an all screen enclosure not sure what brand yet whichever I find at my local pet stores that I like and for the best price. Living in southern Indiana with strange temp changes throughout the summer and winter with winter being my main concern. How challenging is maintaining the correct humidity? I will keep at least one live plant more than likely as many as I can get my hands on, and will hand mist and will set up some sort of drip system if I am not home for long periods(at work or what not) it won't be anything fancy just a cup or jug with a hole in it. I just hope I can keep the humidity constant and where it needs to be, that is my only real worry and hoping some moral support will help me feel more comfortable with it!
New,hopefully soon to be owner of a veild
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CamoChameleon1
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They are wonderful creatures, as the temperature and humidity, some depends on where you live. Keep many live plants, mist it, as I also own a veiled chameleon, and love it. If you are looking to cover the top, use Plexiglas, but on no more than half, on the side of his water supply, to keep in some of the humidity. Hope I helped 
reptoman
Avid Member
Welcome to the forums!
Sounds like you are on the right track. If you use a live plant it will help with humidity. Drainage will be an issue so you might start thinking about how you will get rid of excess water. There are threads on here showing some drainage ideas that could work for you. If you hand mist heavily in the morning and run a drip through most of the day and hand mist again in the evening 2 hours before lights out you should be able to maintain the humidity at a good level. If someone is around during the day to mist again during the day it will be even better. Auto misters are great for that too. I run both a mist and drip on my montane cages but just hand mist my panther cages and have a auto drip system. Feel free to hit me up for help on setting up your screen cage. I have pics of some examples that have worked well for me over the years and also have some fairly cheap and easy drainage ideas.
melble68
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DIY and LLL Reptiles, both site sponsors, have some very nice enclosures to check out. Get it delivered to you. You'll end up getting what you actually want, instead of buying from you local shop and just getting what they have. Take you time, get you enclosure set up far in advance, and experiment / tweek your enclosure. Get it all dialed in before getting your cham of choice. It will help you feel more comfortable upon its arrival. also you want to figure out what type of chameleon you are interested in. That way you can concentrate on that specifics chameleons husbandry needs. BTW, your girlfriend will fall in love with your cham as quickly as you do.
