Does it look like MBD???

[Peachypink]

He will sleep but not rest properly if it's to light and/or to warm...
You can test if he's properly resting by shining a small light on his eyes for like 10seconds.
If he wakes up he's probably not resting properly.

Don't do this every night but every once in a while on a hot night should not hurt him.

I've never heard of the shining the light thing before....hmmm. Interesting. Out of curiosity, where did you learn that from?

Chams are Diurnal, which means they have a "third eye" type thing called a parietal eye. It is sensitive to the light and they set their internal clock and hormones according to their light schedules. A night light, even a red or blue one messes with them. So they may seem to sleep but it is disturbing them on a deeper level and can cause health issues.

 

[brownie64]

To answer your original question I don't see any MBD, however if it were me I would start giving him the calcium properly to keep it that way. You are getting some good advice they don't need light at night, and a cool down is preferable if not necessary to some point. Like was said it can get down to the mid 50s without issue. I would also feed your feeders a gut load of mustard greens, collard greens, some kale, dandelion greens, some carrots, butternut squash, bee pollen, even some fruit like orange slices. What you feed your feeders is important because what they eat your chameleon eats. Glad to hear you are going to make him a nice enclosure be sure to check the forums there have been some great threads on peoples enclosures that would go a long way in helping you complete yours. Lastly like @Decadancin said check out our care sheets the have a load of info to help you. It look like you have done okay so far, but to make sure no issues come up they can show you how to keep him the most healthy. I'll leave you a link https://www.chameleonforums.com/care/caresheets/veiled/

 

[Remkon]

I've never heard of the shining the light thing before....hmmm. Interesting. Out of curiosity, where did you learn that from?

Chams are Diurnal, which means they have a "third eye" type thing called a parietal eye. It is sensitive to the light and they set their internal clock and hormones according to their light schedules. A night light, even a red or blue one messes with them. So they may seem to sleep but it is disturbing them on a deeper level and can cause health issues.

It's a method used here, I've got it from the Dutch forums of 'de-kvn.nl'...

Of course I have tried it a few times and it convinced me that they sleep much deeper on colder nights so they won't wake up from the light.

Iguanas also have that 3rd eye, top of their heads in between the eyes. Looks like a semi transparent scale... ... I miss my iguana...

 

[Peachypink]

Chams are Diurnal, which means they have a "third eye" type thing called a parietal eye. It is sensitive to the light and they set their internal clock and hormones according to their light schedules. A night light, even a red or blue one messes with them. So they may seem to sleep but it is disturbing them on a deeper level and can cause health issues.

I wanted to clear up my previous statement. Chams are called Diurnal because they have a day/night schedule where they are active during the day and sleep at night, not because they have the parietal eye. They do have the parietal eye but that's not why they are called diurnal. sorry if I confused anyone.