Chameleon is only dark when in cage ? What's wrong ??
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AdmiralSwanson
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pictures of the cage??
Rosemond
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I'm getting food for him I will post in about an hour
Rosemond
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CrazyChamLady13
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He needs more branches and some live plants.
ThatDigitalChameleon
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Needs more foliage, vines, branches to climb on up top. chams don't really want to be low to the ground/looking up at you, or anything for that matter. you also need a basking spot for the little guy. i don't know what the exact temp should be because i don't know his age or what cham he is.
being little he'll pretty much want to stay up top all the time and he's gonna need some safety up there and a reason to get down and play.
when tehy're darker they could be upset or cold (usually) also the mesh is gonna make them look darker through it.
im not an expert or anything, and by expert i mean i don't know a WHOLE lot about chams. but i'm learning a lot and read up a little every day. I've only had Karma for a month and he's not a baby so i don't know what a baby would bask at or if they truly bask at all. but he will when he's older for sure, for temperature and digestive purposes.
and if the thermometers on the inside of the cage make sure it's secure. i put a lot of foliage around mine so he doesn't play on it and make it fall.
(sorry for a long post, i ramble.)
being little he'll pretty much want to stay up top all the time and he's gonna need some safety up there and a reason to get down and play.
when tehy're darker they could be upset or cold (usually) also the mesh is gonna make them look darker through it.
im not an expert or anything, and by expert i mean i don't know a WHOLE lot about chams. but i'm learning a lot and read up a little every day. I've only had Karma for a month and he's not a baby so i don't know what a baby would bask at or if they truly bask at all. but he will when he's older for sure, for temperature and digestive purposes.
and if the thermometers on the inside of the cage make sure it's secure. i put a lot of foliage around mine so he doesn't play on it and make it fall.
(sorry for a long post, i ramble.)
ThatDigitalChameleon
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Rosemond
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I have a live plant but I am going to get some more thanks for the help I will definitely will use the advice
Rosemond
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What plants are in there ?
MelissaB
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It looks like ThatDigitalChameleon has a pothos plant on the bottom and silk plants on the top. Pothos are great, tough to kill, hold the humidity well, and are good vines for climbing and winding around things.
I would add a bunch of horizontally placed branches at different levels in your cage. You could even hang a hanging basket of pothos from the top. That way your little guy can have places to hide and climb. He needs a perch close enough to the heat lamp (but not close enough to burn himself) to regulate his temperature, and places where he can go to cool off. Here's a pic of the way I have my guy's cage set up. There are a bunch of branches going around the cage, at different levels. That way he can choose what temperature he wants, and if he wants to be in the light or shade. He climbs up the pothos vines, and even sleeps on them sometimes.
I would add a bunch of horizontally placed branches at different levels in your cage. You could even hang a hanging basket of pothos from the top. That way your little guy can have places to hide and climb. He needs a perch close enough to the heat lamp (but not close enough to burn himself) to regulate his temperature, and places where he can go to cool off. Here's a pic of the way I have my guy's cage set up. There are a bunch of branches going around the cage, at different levels. That way he can choose what temperature he wants, and if he wants to be in the light or shade. He climbs up the pothos vines, and even sleeps on them sometimes.
SaintJimmy
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It looks really good 
Rosemond
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It looks really good
Couldn't have done it with out you guys !!!! Thanks !
SaintJimmy
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You can use that as a free range!
When you chameleon is comfortable with you, you can open the cage door and attach a vine to the pot of the plant (be sure to cover the dirt with some rocks bigger than his mouth) and he can climb out onto it and hang out.
SaintJimmy
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You could try very small mealworms or superworms (they're almost exactly the same) small enough so that he won't choke.
I would only give him a few supers/mealworms a day, because they're high in fat and chitin, which isn't good to have too much of.
Every day, hold a cricket or a super worm/mealworm in front of him, maybe around 4 inches away. Eventually he will take it.
Feed him a few like that every day, so he knows you're not a threat, you give him food.
Put the rest of his food (the ones you don't hand feed) into a shallow cup somehow attached to a branch or vine.
Your question seems to be well answered as far as the cage goes. I have noticed though, that nobody has brought up one possibility. Are you absolutely sure your chameleon is a male? In the event that he is a she, one of the signs that a female is about to lay eggs is a change in color that is not usual. My little cham is currently in that condition. A female can lay infertile eggs two to four times a year (maybe more in some cases). There is also sometimes white blotches along her sides and near the top of her head on both sides. They also become restless, quit eating, and begin to hide from you, usually by grouping together some leaves and trying to get behind them or under them. If your cham has quit eating, then consider following up on this by looking up "gravid chameleon" o"chameleon laying eggs" on Google.
mhfan305
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why not trim the branches and roots a bit and re pot it to fit?
