Too many plants?

[jorgeduardo]

Well as the title says .. Is this too crowded of plants for the chameleon ?
I love the look of it, but it has to be optimal for my first chameleon so please help me here

It doesn't look the same as in person. In the photo looks more crowded.

This is from the side

It seems like it has a lot of spots to climb and hide so want to know if it okey. Im going to get him next week and he is 2 and half months old (panther cham).

Thank you

 

[qdude46]

It looks perfectly fine, I'd remove that love plant and get a bushier one life a ficus or schefflera.

 

[jorgeduardo]

It looks perfectly fine, I'd remove that love plant and get a bushier one life a ficus or schefflera.

They sold it to me as a scheflera :/ .. they said that it does not have too many leaves because of the winter .. and if is not a scheflera what could it be . I don't know anything about plants.

 

[jorgeduardo]

Ok so I found out what type of plant is because it has a litle sticker that say it -.- .. it is a Ternstroemia gymnanthera .. ni idea if is toxic or if is good for the cham . Couldn't find anything .

 

[ridgebax1]

I never heard of that type of plant so I would replace it with something that is chameleon safe. Here are some links to safe plant lists:
http://flchams.com/safe_plant_list.asp
http://www.cleanlinechameleons.com/safe-plant-list
As far as it being too crowded, I think it looks fine. Chams like to have lots of foliage to hide in!

 

[nick barta]

Great job for a new chameleon keeper! Welcome to the forum.

I would put a horizontal branch beneath the basking light so the cham can get to about 90 degrees basking temperature.

Nick

 

[jorgeduardo]

Great job for a new chameleon keeper! Welcome to the forum.

I would put a horizontal branch beneath the basking light so the cham can get to about 90 degrees basking temperature.

Nick

Thank you!! Glad to hear that. That is the purpose of the big vine below the the bulb because it is a 70W bulb and that spot is at 85-90 so should it be okey ?

 

[jorgeduardo]

I never heard of that type of plant so I would replace it with something that is chameleon safe. Here are some links to safe plant lists:
http://flchams.com/safe_plant_list.asp
http://www.cleanlinechameleons.com/safe-plant-list
As far as it being too crowded, I think it looks fine. Chams like to have lots of foliage to hide in!

Well I was doing some research about this plant (its common name is cleyera), and accordingly to several sites is a non-toxic plant. I don't know if these sites talk about toxicity to humans so I'm not sure at all, eventually I'll get a Ficus but now those have not foliage at all because of the winter :/

 

[nick barta]

Thank you!! Glad to hear that. That is the purpose of the big vine below the the bulb because it is a 70W bulb and that spot is at 85-90 so should it be okey ?

Yep!

Nick