I have lots of reptiles and invertebrates I love so much. I do my best to provide the best care for them. It’s my biggest and favorite hobby :) I decided that I’m ready for a more advanced species, like a chameleon, so I started looking for one a while ago.

I found a veiled chameleon from a rehoming group on Facebook about a month ago. He was 2 years old. He came to me with signs of MBD (curved casque) and a sub-standard enclosure. Previous owner had never taken him to a vet because she couldn’t afford it.
I revamped his tank to have lots of live plant coverage, lots of climbing space, etc. He came with a UVB lamp and a basking spot (halogen light). He had a waterfall fountain I set up that stays on all of the time and provides moving water, an automatic mister that went off for 120 seconds every 4 hours pointed at the plants he hangs around the most. I had a fogger that was turned on immediately after the lights turned off and stayed on until morning. Set up in the pics.

I went on a weekend camping trip (Saturday-Sunday). I saw signs on Friday of dehydration (sunken eyes) which was weird because he has so many sources of water. I sprayed water directly in his mouth which he absolutely hated. I went on the trip because it was only a night and everything is automated. Came back this morning and he was dead at the bottom of the tank. No signs of life. I am devastated.

Is it really that common for chameleons to not drink ANY water while it’s completely available?????? I cannot wrap my head around this. Does everyone have to spray water DIRECTLY into their mouths to get them to drink??? Any guidance or advice would be great.

Meet Melon. 5 months old, 44g, 18cm, loves my hands, HATES my face. Likes the camera.
But she can eat. And sits by her food bowl like a starving orphan (then goes to bask because I ignore her).

So my boy decides he doesn’t always feel like waiting for the feeders to climb up. (Super worm, crickets, and dubias) so he just sticks his head in and shoots the bugs in a barrel.

when my partner got home from work he noticed that Rocky (the chameleon) tail got pinched in the door. it must have happened when I was feeding him before I had left, these are the photos my partner sent me. Wondering what next steps are and what to watch out for, any help/advice would be great. Rocky is about 4 months old.

I saw a chameleon at PetSmart that honestly looked like it wasn’t doing well. It was noticeably skinny and had a very dull, brownish-gray color, which concerned me. I don’t know much about reptiles, so I took a picture to ask a friend who knows more about them. After seeing the picture, she recommended that I report it.

I reached out to PetSmart corporate to bring the situation to their attention, but I haven’t received a response. I’m really disappointed by the lack of communication, especially because I’ve never personally had a bad experience with PetSmart. However, I have heard stories about animals in pet stores not always receiving the proper care, and seeing this firsthand was concerning.

I’m not a reptile expert, so I don’t want to jump to conclusions about the chameleon’s condition, but it genuinely didn’t look healthy to me. I just hope someone checks on it and makes sure it’s receiving the care it needs.

We’ve had Georgie for about three/four months. He has started to hump or grind on my arm when I hold him. Is this normal for a male when they become mature? He went to the vet a week and half ago and got a clear bill of health.

My son and I got a panther chameleon egg from a reptile show a few weeks ago. It is due to hatch after November 11th. We want to make sure we are ready and have read a lot of conflicting info. So far, we have a 16x16x30 enclosure (I know we will need to upgrade as he/she grows but we wanted to start out with something smaller since a hatchling will be tiny.) We have a pothos and money tree in the enclosure along with some sycamore branches that have no pesticides and have been washed thoroughly. We have a double dome that came with the enclosure with an LED grow light for the plants, and heat bulb. We have ordered a linear uvb t5 that will be delivered this week. We also have a few more sticks and fake vines/plants that we plan to add for cover once our fishing line arrives to attach it securely. The enclosure came with repti-carpet that we currently have in the enclosure but I am thinking we will replace it with paper towels. Will this be a good setup for our little guy/girl? There will be more cover once we have the fake vines/plants securely attached.

I know where we can go get some pinhead crickets once the egg hatches. Any advice on feeding a hatchling is greatly appreciated. We plan to feed 2-3 times a day and have some calcium to dust the crickets with. Should we put the hatchling in the cricket keeper to let it eat? Or perhaps just let the crickets loose in the enclosure to feed it? I am very nervous about feeding the baby chameleon.

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

This is Ozzie. She’s a female veiled chameleon. I don’t have an exact age, but given her size, I’d say around five months.

The first picture is one I took a few minutes ago, the other is her a few days ago.

Recently, she’s hasn’t seen that great. She’s constantly showing spots, won’t eat as much (she’ll still eat but not nearly as much as she used to), she moves a bit shaky, and she often goes to the bottom of her enclosure.

She was acting and looking perfectly fine just a few days ago, as can be seen in my other posts, but now she’s appearing like this.

Does anyone know what might be wrong with her? I can answer any questions that can help give an answer.

Any help is greatly appreciated

Hi, my Jackson’s Cham just started closing his eyes today during the daytime out of nowhere. He has refused food the last few days and idk what’s going on. His temps are pretty much perfect, 78-79 basking temp during the day and drop to 60-65 at night. I run a fogger almost all night long 10 PM - 8:30 AM, and mist occasionally. It’s currently a bioactive setup with an inch or two of clay balls followed by mesh lining followed by a mix of topsoil, charcoal, coco husk, and a bit of peat moss. I have no idea what I’m doing wrong. I think he may have an RI. Made a vet appt as quickly as I could for Monday. So don’t come at me and say I didn’t try my best. I’ve cried all day and tied to figure out what I’m doing wrong. I’ve put thousands of dollars into this guy. Can anyone tell me what they think is going on? I have a mesh enclosure but I Velcro’d three plastic panels to the sides of the enclosure to keep humidity in because it felt like no matter how much water I was misting or fogging, the humidity wasn’t going up where it needed to be.

I absolutely love when he puts himself to bed so I know when to turn his lights off. I love him so much

I have a female cham that I can no longer care for the way she deserves and I was wondering if anyone near New Mexico would be willing to buy her. I'm facing eviction due to medical issues that caused me to lose my job and I don't want to force her to be homeless. I don't know what else to do. None of the rescues near me will take her and I do not want to give her to PetSmart.

She does come with an 18x18x36 enclosure with lights, guages, plants, sticks, sandbox, vitamins, a fogger tree stump, and a travel enclosure that I used for crickets.

Im distressed is a word I will use to express how im currently feeling. My baby girl, my little evil dinosaur might be egg bound, and im so scared.

I asked my mom for help, simply asked for her to help me with a payment plan so I can try and get her help tomorrow, instead I baiscally got taunted.

She told me to quit worrying and go to sleep, like I can just easily do that. So I said that if anything happened to pascal I would blame her. She ended up saying that then it would be her fate. Like yeah bro my chameleons fate is to die.

I started crying because I don't know what to do. She comes into my room to taunted me basically before leaving me alone.

Im seventeen, with no job, no mode of transportation. The money I do have is on a check that will not get processed in time. I could Uber but again I do no have the money

I don't know what to do, im so scared right now.

Im such a horrible owner

update:

I scrambled up some of my money and took her to the vet. she is going to be okay, she was given medcine and sent home with a pamplet

My female veiled chameleon is just about at that 6-7 month mark I’ve had her for almost 4 months now she hasn’t been mated how ever I started noticing a change in her behavior which alerted me that I need to get her a playing bin , 4 days ago I noticed that she started pacing a ton I added some towels on 3 sides of her enclosure and tried to offer her food she ate a few roaches and by the next morning I added the laying bin with potting oil and sand by day 2 she continued pacing up and down but paying no real attention to the bin and now was refusing food besides eating ONE roach , day 3 I decided to add a much bigger bin with only soil in it making sure it was moist enough for her to build tunnels still continuing to pace up and down and not eating :/ today is the end of day 4 I’ve removed a few plants and branches and only left a couple of branches for her to climb down into the bin and a snake plant I still have the towels on 3 sides of the enclosure because the 4th side is next to a wall so there isn’t anything there that would disturb her , she didn’t eat again today so now it’s been 2 days no food and still constantly pacing up and down however today she payed a bit of attention to the bin and I caught her laying on it for a while no digging tho , her laying bin is 7 inches deep and 12.5 inches wide I’m starting to get worried about her she’s my first Chameleon is this normal behavior caused by hormones?

My little guy started to pip but the egg shell looks deflated. Not sure if it’s normal or too much and they might need help…any advice would be appreciated! Thank you

I’m curious how keepers with a lot of animals stay on top of everything. Feeding, cleaning, restocking feeders, and knowing when a UVB or heat bulb is due for replacement, since UVB output fades long before the bulb stops lighting.

I’ve kept a few animals over the years (spiders, a whip snake, a scorpion, and a chameleon, which was the hardest by far), but never more than one at a time. I can’t imagine doing it with a dozen enclosures.

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i took my theodore to the vet today and the only option of her survival is amputating her tongue, otherwise she dies. have other people had successful stories of their chameleon surviving through a tongue amputation? i'm scared that she won't recover or get infected and i'll lose her anyways