Does everything look up ok/safe
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Daniel266jz
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Looks good. Do you have a mister or a dripper? Just asking since you added drainage. Are those live plants? How big is your veiled?
Kristen99
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He's a baby I has a monsoon that I rigged above the cage to go off every 4 hours for two minutes I might change it to every 8 for two and add my little dripper for consistent drinking place I don't have live plants inside the enclosure but I do outside I didn't want them to get soaked and potentially cause any problems with him
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Daniel266jz
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Thats good. Leave it at 4 if you plan on leaving a dripper. Dont worry about the live plants hurting anyone they are very beneficial for proper humidity and they hold water for him/her to drink from. I use an UMBRELLA PLANT for my veiled he loves it.
Squirrelington
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Some plants that I have in my charms cage that grow really well are ficus, pothos, kale, draceona, Madagascar jasmine, and aloe vera, I recommend some of these plants, they are all really sturdy as well.
BarryVeieled
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My barry looks exactly the same
Julia777
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Well, depends on what the impact would be if he fell on it. So hit the front and back of your hand on it as if you were the cham falling, and see if it feels hard. If it seems it could be painful at all, then I wouldn't use it. I had a climbing platform on the bottom of my chams cage that was a thick, hard, artificial material of some kind and when I brought it to the vet, they told me that it could injure my cham if she fell on it, so then I removed it all hard objects from the cage, and followed their advice to have nothing hard on the base of the cage. I actually had 1-2 washcloths on the base of the cage to collect water that dripped down from the dripper and to keep the floor soft if she fell. I replaced the wash cloths with 2 fresh ones every day.
CJ's Exotics
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While it could hurt them, they are very light, and if a chameleon fell to the floor (a baby of course) it wouldn't hurt it self too bad unless it was already injured, fell weird, or was weak.
Kristen99
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I am in California I live on the central coast. I am just trying different things out. At this point I feel comfortable with it in I have a lot going on near the top and he is very diligent in using his tail to wrap around branches etc while climbing around. But I will take that in to consideration as he grows becomes heavier and as he will need more space I'm looking at screen cages now 24x24x48 I just got my shipment of 1/4 crickets he ate 7 in a row so I will hold off on fruit flys also got some butter worms in today I ordered some Phoenix worms any other suggestions and will Hornworm size small be ok for him to eat now? Or is he still to small? I just let the some crickets in the cage for him to hunt I also have a feeder dish for the butter worms what else would be appropriate to just let go in the cage for a variety diet?!
CamrynTheCham22
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My veiled chameleon (one year old, female) has only fallen once, and it was because I had taken her outside and was bringing her back to her cage. She was so excited to get back to her little sanctuary that she reached for the branch before it was within her reach 
Your little one should be good to go. Also dubia roaches are a good investment. They come in every size imaginable and they don't escape like crickets do. They are real quiet and don't smell. My little girl loves them and they are really easy for her to eat. If you were to buy those the smallest size would be perfect. Good luck!
Your little one should be good to go. Also dubia roaches are a good investment. They come in every size imaginable and they don't escape like crickets do. They are real quiet and don't smell. My little girl loves them and they are really easy for her to eat. If you were to buy those the smallest size would be perfect. Good luck!
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