Screened In Terrarium for New Veiled Chameleon

[Rockythechameleon]

I am a new veiled chameleon owner and I have a glass terrarium with the top being screened in. I was about to purchase a full-screened in 2x2x4 terrarium; however, I do not know how hard it is to keep the humidity and temperature where I want it to be. Any tips?

 

[King4Zerg]

have live plants they help maintain the humidity

 

[dshuld]

First suggestion, get the cage setup and track it's temps and humidity for a few days at least before putting him. If you are up for rescreening a panel or three, get some 20 gauge vinyl and swap the screen for the vinyl after tracking all screen first.

https://www.hobbylobby.com/Fabric-S...inyl-20-Gauge-Home-Decor-Magic-Cover/p/103686

 

[Rontti]

I recommend wrapping three sides of the cage in a shower cutrain for example. It's fairly easy to do and can be easily removed if necessary. Only downside is that it doesn't look that good

 

[dshuld]

I recommend wrapping three sides of the cage in a shower cutrain for example. It's fairly easy to do and can be easily removed if necessary. Only downside is that it doesn't look that good

You can go the wrap route too lol. I like plastic table cloth for wrapping though. It doesn't have the anti mold chemicals like shower curtains typically do.

 

[JacksJill]

@dshuld do you spline in the vinyl? I can't really tell from your photo.
@ the OP what is the humidity like in your area? desert? mountains? swamp?

 

[dshuld]

@dshuld do you spline in the vinyl? I can't really tell from your photo.
@ the OP what is the humidity like in your area? desert? mountains? swamp?

Yes, that pic is just a documentary pic of how I ended up cutting the corners to keep it from rippling. This pic shows the first panel being splined without the cuts and not coming out as "clean". So I trimmed the corners as I ran the spline there after and got a nice "clean" panels.

 

[JacksJill]

Looks like I'm going to have to learn how to spline.

 

[dshuld]

Looks like I'm going to have to learn how to spline.

Lol it's not hard at all. I like it a lot better then taping stuff to the cage and the plastic wall panel like I used on Lola's cage. I'm not done with it but here is one from after I sat it over the plant.