Is it a veiled chameleon?
Sounds like you need to answer the questions in this thread...
https://www.chameleonforums.com/threads/how-to-ask-for-help.66/
My chameleon: I have a one year, 3 month old female veiled chameleon. She's been in my care for a year.
Handling: I handle her at least twice a week.
Feeding: I feed her 5-6 feeders every other day in the a.m. The feeders consist of crickets and Dubia roaches with the occasional hornedworm. I gut load them using sweet potatoes, blackberries, oranges, and apples.
Supplements: I use Flukers Repta Calcium with d3 twice a month, alternating with Zoo Meds Reptivite multivitamin( also used twice a month) Every other feeding I use Zoo Meds Repti Calcium without d3.
Watering: I mist her cage for 2-3 minutes everyday. Once in the morning and once before bed. I also have a clean homemade dropper made out of a plastic container with a small hole in the corner which drips onto leaves.
Fecal Description: Her poop has been dark rich in color and her pee is 50% white and 50% yellow.
History- I ignorantly got her from Petsmart but she seems to be doing fine even though I know that Petsmart workers usually don't know much about chameleons. The worker told me that she was a guy when I got her!
Cage type- It's a screen cage sitting on top of a small but sturdy table. It's dimensions are 16"by 16"by 30".
Lighting- I have a T5ho fixture with a Reptisun 5.0 uvb linear light. Her heat lamp is a 60watt blue daylight bulb. She is at least 6" away from the uvb which is sitting on top of her cage while the heat lamp is lifted up by a lamp stand so it doesn't burn her.
Temperature- Her basking spot is always around 80-85F. The bottom of her cage gets to about 70-75F. At night it can drop as low as 50-60F. I measure these using a Temperature gun.
Humidity- During the day her humidity stays between 40%-60%. At night I raise it to 70-76%. I use a Hydrometer.
Plants- I currently have all plastic plants which she has never tried to eat. I am looking for some live plants.
Placement- I moved her away from her previous spot close to a vent. She is now in a room which has a fan, but I never use it.
Location- I live in Northern Virginia.
Current Problem- I want to get some live plants but the last time I had some she was eating the dirt so I had to take them out. I did put rocks over the dirt but she still somehow found her way around them. I don't know why she feels the need to eat dirt! I am hoping that someone may have some ideas of certain plants that I can get and how to keep her out of the dirt.
