Sorry for the delayed response! Don’t handle daily, only if absolutely needed or once in a blue moon. Chams are like fish, look but don’t touch, they are purely display animals. You can build up trust by just hanging around in the room he’s in and/or hand feeding him. If you do handle him, always do it with positive reinforcement, like giving him his favorite feeder, going to a free range set up, or going outside (when it’s warm enough). Variety is key, some great common feeders are silkworms, hornworms, butterworms, black soldier flies and larvae, blue bottle flies and spikes, the occasional superworm, dubia roaches, red runner roaches, ivory-headed roaches, and orange-headed roaches (PS- none of these roaches can climb or fly). Make sure to gutload everything with either it’s own special diet (silk and horn worms), a quality commercial gutload, like Mazuri, Pangea, Cricket Crack, Repashy, and/or organic fresh fruits and veggies from the gutload list here in the food and nutrition tab in resources. You need a phosphorus free calcium without D3 every feeding and Reptivite with D3 twice monthly (every two weeks). Get the 2’ by 2’ by 4’ tall enclosure immediately, it’ll save you money and your cham can go straight into it, no need to buy a smaller one. Make sure to mist for at least 2 minutes minimum each time, but preferably for more. Invest in an automated mister and use either a t5HO or T8 linear uvb bulb and fixture. A 10.0 linear uvb bulb (get Zoo Med) is best for a 2’ by 2’ by 4’ tall veiled chameleon cage. The veiled care sheet here has proper temps for different ages of chams, along with proper humidity levels. Go to the hardware store and get a plug-in timer (for the lights), a digital temp gun (for basking temps), a digital hygrometer/thermometer combo (for ambient temp and humidity), and a regular white light heat incandescent bulb (for basking). Here’s a safe plant list:
https://flchams.com/chameleon-safe-plant-list/ High traffic means would there be lots of activity in that room? Put the cage on a stand and have a drainage system, as well. Here’s the veiled care sheet:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/care/caresheets/veiled/
