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The general rule is to never put soil at the bottom or any substrate, even carpet. It just causes too many problems. The only time substrate should be at the bottom of a chameleon's cage is if it is bioactive, which is a whole other subject. That said, most, including me, who do a bioactive...

Yea my humidity is pretty bad

Is it a mistking? Even so, mine goes off for 8 minutes to 9 minutes, 5 times a day, which is for a Veiled.

15 seconds every 3-6 hours isn't enough. I have mistking that sprays for 8 mins every ~4 hours and I'm going to make it more soon. Being afraid of you is normal. Give him more space and try hand feeding things.

Saturday, July 8th On my way to Colorado!

I also recommend getting a temp gun. They're super quick and useful when measuring. The one I got was like $15 on Amazon.

Do you have any way to measure temperature?

Just take the temps of the basking spot and around the cage. Make sure they're normal and not too hot. Temp guns are what I recommend to do this.

An open mouth is a chameleon's last resort to get their body temp down, like sweating or panting but a bit more drastic.

18x18x36 isn't big at all. That's what is recommended for a baby cham and is too small for an adult or subadult. However, it is perfect for a young Veiled. 88 f basking spot is a few degrees too high, try getting more around 82. Good luck and as long as your husbandry is right, Steve will be...

Thursday, July 6th Tomorrow is my last day until I leave for a week. Unfortunately, the hydroponics store I was planning in getting soil from closed for good, so now I have no clue where to get it! Today I finished the cage build by installing the drainage.

Commercial feeders aren't going to be super good for your cham, so I recommend breeding them. That said, commercial dubia and crickets have been feed as a staple by some people for a long time with no ill effects.

Also stay away from the pasta and bread it lists there, I would just stick to the things it lists as staple for starters

I've never heard any of those ingredients being added into a gutload, did you get them from a list somewhere? Also here is a list of good gutload ingredients. It's from an iguana caresheet but the nutritional value is about the same. http://www.greenigsociety.org/foodchart.htm

Just remember chameleons are probably the most well suited animal for laying on a branch and finding insects from said branch, which is probably what the chameleon will be doing most of the time.

Not a lot really. Both work really well. I have a mistking, it took me about 20 mins to set up completely and it hasn't broken or anything. The timer is super convenient.

The fruit flies knew they were coming!

I would honestly just build the cage yourself if you're up to it. You can do whatever you want with it. If you don't really want to though, I would go with the 48x24x24 Edit: I should also add that that I built my own 5'Lx2.5'Dx6'H wooden cage and, minus the lighting (Which was super expensive...

There is probably eggs in the soil. There are a couple of things you could do. 1. Get a nepenthes pitcher plant. Pitcher plants and sundews will catch a ton of flies. Nepenthes, unlike sarracenia pitchers, do not need to hibernate because they are tropical. You could also look up how to make an...

Tongue troubles, and the high level of phosphorus, indicate a calcium deficiency. You seem to be dusting with calcium enough, but grasshoppers may be too high in phosphorus to let that calcium get to the cham (Couldn't find a phosphorus amount in grasshoppers online). Try feeding a better...