He looked so worn out and withered away. I feel really bad for the guy. I'm so sorry that you had to go through this. You did the right thing by letting him go in his favorite spot though, it shows how much you cared.
If I'm wrong, correct me, but I think that's a female. Side note, you should try not to hold it for a week or so to let it acclimate. Learned that from other users on here.
By the way, if you haven't already gotten one, get a dripper. Helps keep the humidity up and keep him hydrated. Especially useful for you because of the dry climate in Arizona.
I don't take my chameleon outside because I'm hella paranoid about some bird swooping my boy up and never seeing him again. He loves to sit on my head and walk around with me around my house, though, which I think is enough for him.
My cham likes to climb onto my head and sit up there. He surveys the area while I walk around. Sometimes he'll sit on my hand too. It all depends on how he's feeling.
I turn my chameleon's lights on at 7 AM every morning and mist his enclosure heavily before I leave for school. When I get home around 3:00-3:15, I feed him and mist his enclosure heavily again. Then a light mist around 5. Then I mist his enclosure one last time for the night at 7:00 and shut...
Last night I glued some screen to the lid of a tote so the crickets I´m housing can breathe. So long as I let the glue dry, it shouldn´t affect the crickets or my chameleon, right?
I was misting his enclosure and he climbed onto some leaves really close to me and waved his hands at me. I couldn’t resist and I held my hand out. He walked on and immediately up my sleeve and he hung out on the top of my head for a couple minutes. I was wearing a beanie so he had a good grip...