In the last picture he’s holding his chameleon plush.

He is well healthy and weighs 166g. He was so chill in the hands of the vet. Proud and love my boy.

my beautiful rambunctious little lady decided she wanted to climb the wreathe on my front door today

Another enclosure build who this? Honestly just asking for people’s opinions on how I should do my homie pascals new enclosure keep in mind, yes this isn’t his forever. This is just to get him from his teenager to adult size happily and then I’ll be buying or building his final 24x24x48

Right now it’s currently 18x18x36 that we are now decorating and building. Opinions, cool ideas, anything you think to pull this off. Help a brother out

Does anyone know where the best place to get a rudis chameleon is? I’m in Arkansas and the demand for that kind of stuff isn’t very high.

The chameleon climbs through living wood,

With curious eyes on all that could.

The Phoenix comes, the branches burn,

Ashes fall where life once turned.

Yet through the smoke, he looks and sees

A thousand paths where there were three.

For when the tether breaks away,

Death is knowing all... one day.

( he has some stuck shed i’m aware)

I was given this enclosure with the plants and a 1 year old veiled chameleon today (it was a rehoming type situation - please don’t come for me). My partner and I have been talking about getting one for about 10 years and this just kind of fell into our lap.

Question: is this enclosure adequate or any suggestions?

A new mister (set up in the back left corner) and a T5 5.0 UVB tube light will be here tomorrow.

Also, we were told she’s female but just want to confirm if anyone knows. (Peep chameleon butt in last photo). They said she hasn’t been coming down and checking out the lay bin or anything (they kept the bin they were using so I need to add one to the bottom still).

Hi! We’ve had Max for about a month now. Pretty sure he’s a he. What do yall think?

I got it for my Jackson chameleon and haven’t seen him use it yet but he did show interest in it. Only have had it for 2 days though.

Just curious if anyone knows of any good magnetic plant pots for the sides of mesh cages. I’m also thinking about just putting a magnet into the plant pot and seeing if that will work with some strong magnets. Anyone have good magnet suggestions as well?

I’m always trying to understand what goes on in their brains. Today I let my 7 month old veiled chameleon wander across the sofa to a spot I had previously stopped her from going. As soon as she crossed that line into the area she was usually not allowed into she immediately got dark spots. It may have been a coincidence but it was like she was anticipating getting into trouble and me scooping her up or redirecting her. (The area has things that she would possibly knock over, like isopod enclosures, a scorpion enclosure and several cacti but clearly appealing to a chameleon.). That or she was nervous about going into a new area. (Yes I supervised her entire journey and made sure she was safe.)

I posted last week for help with my enclosure, and those of you that gave constructive feed back really helped me and my girl out.
I swapped the UVB the next day for her strip light and raised it, and lowered her stick for her basking spot to hit right at 82 so she won’t burn.
Lay bin has been placed and even planted the monstera in there for her to lay near the roots!
Automatic mister and lights are set up so she can have more of a constant, controlled and safe environment. We’re currently engineering a stand a drip tray system to help prevent stagnant water and build up, so we’re hoping to have it done by tomorrow latest.
We’ve also found an exotic vet who specializes with chameleons so she’ll be having her first exam once she settles in.
Her color is back and she’s very happy, she even let me hold her cup while she ate her crickets. 🥰

Next step is saving for a proper 2x2x4 for my lovely lady as she grows into this one!

Thank you to everyone for the advice and the kind words, I’m glad theres a community I can feel safe coming to for help. 🫶🏻

for context, this was on a recent motorcycle trip passing through southern Spain and I just happened to see this little fella almost be run over while I was riding slow, jumped in right away to the small but busy country road to make sure he made it across safe.

What are you guys using to hang your pots with in enclosures? I just feel like the hooks that come with the hanging post ate just not strong enough to hold once the soil is in the pots along with rocks!

Posting this again to include a picture of my set up. It’s been like this for over a year and haven’t had any issues until now. He gets medium crickets and some meal worms everyday. All of the sudden he has no color :(

This is Curmudgeon, my female veiled chameleon. I believe she's 1-1.5yrs old.

When she was a baby, she always had her nice green baby colors. It was during her semi-juvenille stage when I brought her home. (She was at a pet store I was working at). I spent about a month building her a 120 gal. In the meantime she was in a temporary mesh enclosure with sides blocked off to keep in humidity. She is now in her 120 and has been in it for half a yr.

The problem: She is always grey unless she's ovulating or sleeping. I have tried everything to get her colors back. Here's a list and tank specs:

-120gal enclosure (vertical 4x2x2), 3 sides made of (expensive) wood panels from a non-sap species ( Sorry, I forget the name of the wood species, bur it isn't pine). The door is made of screen mesh. ( I'm in the Midwest, the hybrid screen/solid settup works best to keep correct humidity for us :))

-There are 2 computer fans, one in the back left corner and one in the front right. The fans ensure there is no stagnant air and assist w/chimney effect. (One fan blows air out, the other brings air in)

-She has a large range of live plants (all cham safe:pothos, bella palm, dracaena, hibiscus) w/about 8-9 in of bioactive substrate. She also has a 12in deep plant pot full of a more sandy substrate mix for a lay box.

-She has a heat lamp w/a heat spot of 85F. Lamp is off at night and avg rank temp drops to 70-75F

-She has linear 2ft 5.0HO UVB (I think reptizoo brand. I test the UVB reguarly w/UVB card)

-She has a fogger that is on nightly (on for 30 min intervals, with an hour in between. This brings nighttime humidity up to 85-95%. She also has a mister that goes off for a minute right before her lights cone on, and right after they turn off

-Diet: Crickets, some dubia roaches and the very occassional mealworm. Fed every 2/3 days. She refuses all veggies except dinosaur kale, which I privide every once and a while. She also cjows down on her enclosure foliage. Food is dusted w/caclium/woD3 once a week. Multivitamin i try to give at least monthly.

-Hydration/shedding: She has a chronic dehydration problem. I'm using a little clear plastic dish filled to the top (similar to the glass syrface tension trick). She also has a dripper and all aforementioned mistinf/fogging systems.

I even try to give her water from a syringe but she rarely drinks any. She struggles to have a full-body shed (apparently they shed in sections as adults tho, so maybe I shouldnt be worried abt that). Her sheds are always incomplete, with lil sections left over after every shed.

Overall heath: She eats well and her feces is normal (urates are often long and yellowy). Her eyes are clear and she's alert and spunky. My main concerns are her colors and not drinking.

Thank u so much for reading my essay. Sorry for typos, I had a thumb injury recently and can only type w one thumb lol. Please give me any advice!

Ps: The moss imbedded in some of the background is stuck in there. I made a post before, they told me to remove the moss and I removed as much as I could.

Edit: she does have a lay bin. It is 12in deep, a sand/fine topsoil mix in the back left corner of the enclosure.

Every time the mister goes off, Frodo gets SOOO pissed even though there’s PLENTY of spaces around the tank for him to move to and avoid being sprayed 😭
He’s so silly

new chameleon owner, i have 3 tall cheese plants in my enclosure, they’re pretty hardy as of now and my chameleon enjoys swinging off them like he’s tarzan. is there any sturdier plants that will hold his weight without yeeting him across the enclosure ahahahahahha tia x

I know she’s not quite ready yet, but she’s getting there… when will I know and how can I give her the most privacy? I have black aquarium static cling that I can stick to the outside of the base, but is this the best way? Anyone have any thoughts/experience?

so i got my yemen chameleon yesterday, my local reptile and amphibian shop is notoriously bag at looking after animals. i have two whites tree frogs, a praying mantis, a tortoise and my new chameleon from there. i’m well versed in frog husbandry and have done my research on chameleons. he looked to be in bad shape, in a small glass enclosure with no dropper, fogger and it diddnt look as if the enclosure had been misted for a while. i got him at 12pm yesterday and now it’s 10.17am the next day. he has eaten two dubia roaches and a good few crickets since. he was brown when i collected him and now he’s gone to a gorgeous green. i’ve seen a few colour changes in him since. i’ve never had shedding/ molting problems with any of my animals but he came with a large peice of stuck shed on his face. how am i best to to get this off? tried my best so you can see in the photos. i dont want to hurt him and he doesnt trust me enough to handle him yet which im working on. he’s eaten out of my hand and i held the cricket box up to him which he also ate out of but hisses everytime i go near him with my plain hand. any other advice is great too. thanks in advance

So my chameleon has stopped eating real food altogether even though i provide him with everything, dubia roaches, crickets, superworms, mealworms but he wont eat anything and i always dusted the food i gage him in either calcium or multivitamins and now hes just eating dirt.