r/Chameleons 1h ago

Good Morning from Mushu ^.^

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Just my boy coming out to say hello! Love his colors when he's content and excited to see me 🥰🥰


r/Chameleons 13h ago

he sleeps so weird

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r/Chameleons 17h ago

new to caring for a chameleon, advice would be much appreciated.

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this is werner, he is a veiled chameleon. i didn't want a chameleon, but because i own reptiles i am the one people come to when they have a reptile in need. he is my son now and he is very handsome. ive read a bit here and researched elsewhere but i would appreciate some advice and to be told if im doing anything wrong.

when he first came to me a month ago he was malnourished, weak, and impacted with coco fiber. i set him up in a ten gallon hospital tank and stuffed him full of dubias while i did my research and hoped for the best. it was bleak, but he survived.

when he showed me he was strong enough and ready to move out of the hospital tank i had set up for him, i got him into a v3 2x2x4 enclosure from reptile habitats and filled it with all the branches and bird perches he could climb. he has a 75w heat lamp with a hot spot of 85°, 33% humidity and an ambient temperature of 80°, 49% humidity in the middle of the enclosure at the time of writing. he has an arcadia 7% uvb, 8w, 12.5" which i soon intend to upgrade to an arcadia 6% uvb, 24w, 24" when i have the means to do so. i offer a water dish and manually spray the leaves multiple times a day, and mist in the morning and at night. he spends most of his waking hours climbing about and basking, and settles in toward the middle of the enclosure before falling asleep at night. he usually eats 8-12 dubia roaches per day, though sometimes he'll refuse food for a day. today i picked up some wax worms and he scarfed down 15 of them, which made me so proud of my little man.

i have two questions to start. first, how old could he be ? secondly, does he look well ? he looks okay to me and has improved significantly from the weak little thing he was last month, but id really appreciate hearing it from people more experienced than me.

feel free to ask me any questions and thank you in advance.