Chameleon waving hands at night

[Beman]

I wouldn’t panic just yet, I don’t think the uvb is too strong I’ve raised my veiled on a 10.0 t5 hes 6 years old without eye issues. I would give your cham some time to adjust, if you’d rather use a 5.0 that would be fine, provide plenty of coverage on all zones for your cham to hide from the uvb rays when she’s had enough. You can also elevate your fixture to lower the uvb exposure or use another piece of screen to create another barrier between the uvb light and the cham, it will darken the lights tho. Good luck!

Are you still using a quad fixture though? This makes a difference in UVI level vs the single bulb fixture that the OP is using.

 

[kinyonga]

@Alexander1 said..."Beta carotene has not been proven to be turned into vitamin A. I have had issues with my panther lacking vitamin A"...I've kept veileds for over 20 years and never had one have vitamin A issues when I didn't use a prEformed source of vitamin A. I know others who have done the same thing with their veileds too.

Panthers may be different...they don't eat vegetation for one thing.

I usually mention that using beta carotene is safe...but that the owner might want to give their chameleon a little preformed vitamin A if it starts to show symptoms of defficiency or even just as a precaution. Sometimes I forget to mention it.

 

[kinyonga]

Is she still waving her arms around?

 

[George Greig]

Is she still waving her arms around?

No she isn’t really, I’ve made a few changes to her enclosure so now she has much better shelter and I’m also giving her some time to find her sleep spot before complete darkness.