SycoSquirl
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I just got a 9 month old male veiled chameleon 3 days ago. Ive noticed his feet will slip a bit while climbing and that he has slept on the floor or close to the floor of his cage the past 2 nights. Is there any particular reason why he would do this? At night the lowest his cage gets at his basking spot it around 70-75 F and during the day between 80-90 F, the bottom of the cage doesnt get much cooler either, its hovering at about maybe 5 degrees lower then his basking spot. Humidity is also kept between 60-70% but sometimes it does get up to 75%. I believe he needs more horizontal branches but since he is so new its a huge stress on him to take him out and fix his cage which I have done once already. The inside of the cage is a very fine mesh while the outside is bigger, and I notice him trying to climb the side of the cage but not being able to. I also haven't noticed any poop in his cage and I feed him 5-7 crickets daily. Im really worried about him and any help would be greatly appreciated.