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How do you maintain tropical level humidity in your environments?

It's most important to know the temp at the actual basking position- at 8" away, a tall cham will have its head and/or back maybe 4-5" from the source, which could well be too close. You need to measure the temp at THAT spot. It's also helpful to know what type of chameleon this is.

I know I posted this in a different thread too, but this cage would also work just fine for chameleons. Presently it's housing a green iguana and a few anoles.

It's an interesting question but I suspect the answer is "it depends." The amount of contaminant, the temperature, and the stage of growth and decomposition at time of introduction would *seem* to all matter.

Would anyone here be able to tell me quickly the exact interior dimensions of the Zoomed Reptibreeze 24 x 24 x 48 cage?

Water in a plastic container will get some bacterial growth and algae over time but it's usually harmless. Much like the pink bacterial build up you get in a toilet bowl or shower after awhile. Annoying and worth cleaning but not dangerous. When you have biological decaying matter in water...

What is the lifespan of cb quads?

Excellent. As an expert (you didn't call yourself an expert but with your studies you may be), how many cases have you documented where a chameleon was taken off a human's shoulder, arm, or other body part by a hawk or other bird? How many professional falconers have documented such a case...

That is a gorgeous lizard! I love quads.

Also, here's a thread from this forum where a hawk was indeed trying to get to a chameleon (although not off of her person): https://www.chameleonforums.com/threads/omg-another-hawk-encounter.55195/

Just be mindful of all the dangers and risks associated with a lizard being outside. Don't leave him unattended!

I believe you're misunderstanding me. I'm telling you it doesn't happen MOST places. I said specifically "In this area". First you started with seagulls, ravens, and hawks. Now we're down to 2 species of hawk that are known bird hunters taking parrots from people, not lizards. I'd be curious to...

Both of those hawks are avid bird eaters in any case. Around here the can often be found stalking bird feeders. However, no one I've ever known or heard of has had an animal taken from him by a hawk in this area. I imagine in some places it could happen but people here walk their very small dogs...

That's greaet, Bob! Are you going to be selling these?

We don't have ravens in suburbia around here (crows are quite common), but the others are found nearly everywhere. However, NONE of them will come within 10 ft of a human, ever. I'm sure it's happened and in Japan I've seen ravens attack people on garbage day to get them to drop their bags, but...

Only a very small amount of water actually recycles back into it to be honest. It's not some super recycling system or something. And as soon as the plant grows or changes the drip runoff will change and it won't happen. I just thought it was kind of cool how it worked out when I set it up...

Back when I was a chameleon breeder I built all my own cages. None of them were especially interesting but they were practical. Fast forward to my 8 year old son getting his first green iguana a couple years ago... I knew I'd have to build it an enormous habitat at some point. So last summer I...

I really don't think that's likely in this case. The chameleon doesn't defecate on the plant, his waste ends up in the orchid bark where I can remove it easily. Also, the container the humidifier is in will be cleaned out pretty frequently.

As long as he can't climb past your reach or escape when you aren't looking sure. Just stay nearby to make sure nothing tries to get him.

Last fall when I was building a huge enclosure for my son's iguana, I stumbled across these ultrasonic elements. They're made for putting into a pond or fountain for decorative mist, but with a bit of tweaking work really well for terrarium humidification. Here's a short video of one in current...