Does my chameleon look healthy?

[littlehart]

So I've been lurking here for about a month since I bought my first chameleon (Yoshi). He was sold to me from a local guy who recommended this site. He sold him as a Ambilobe male, saying he was a little over a year old. I'm just a little worried as he doesn't look like most year old ambilobes that I've seen on here. He said he got him from ChameleonsNorthwest if that helps. I'll upload a couple picture I've taken over the month.

His usual colors are green with dark bars.
Edit 2. Posted the "How to ask for help" form a few posts down



Edit. Picture 1. First day I got him
Picture 2. Sleeping
Picture 3. Sleeping again
Picture 4. Climbing around on me a couple days ago
Picture 5. Taken today on his new tiny ladder I made for him

 

[Hoj]

he looks good to me, all chams grow at their own rate. i see you are new so welcome as well.
i will attach the how to ask for help form herehttps://www.chameleonforums.com/how-ask-help-66/ filling this out can help member see if there are any area that could be improved or affecting your cham.

 

[littlehart]

Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - 1 year old Ambilobe male, I have had him for about 1 month

Handling - 1-2 times a week, usually i clean or need to fix something in his cage

Feeding - I hand feed him crickets every day until he won't eat anymore. Crickets are "large" crickets from local pet store, gutloaded with bug burger, carrots, and oranges, as well as Fluker's calcium dry cricket feed. I give him a couple superworms per week as a treat once he won't eat anymore crickets. I also just got some dino-fuel in that I've been sprinkling on the bug burger.

Supplements - Light dusting of Repashy Calcium Plus every cricket

Watering - I mist him as much as a can, one good long one before I go to work, once when I get home, and once more during the evening, I have a little dripper dripping on one of the plants during the day

Fecal Description - poop is solid, wet looking cylinder, urate is mostly white, sometimes a light orange on one end

History - Purchased locally from a guy who said he got him from Chameleons Northwest

Cage Info:
Cage Type - Cage is a renovated entertainment center, so all wood with walls lined with coconut husk, roughly 2x2x4. 3 wooden walls with a screen door that I never close.

Lighting - Reptisun 5.0 UVB, with a 40 Watt soft white heat lamp, both lights are hanging from the top of the cage, with wire mesh on the underside so Yosh can't get too close

Temperature - Basking spot temp is about 82, going down to mid 60's in the bottom of cage, and at night. I am probably going to change the heat light to a 60w or 80w. The setup was sold to me with a 100W and the basking temp was 100-120, so I changed to a bulb I had sitting around. Temps are measured with an analog guage.

Humidity - I struggle with humidity, during the day usually sits at 40 unless I just misted, then jumps to 60/70. at night stays constant 70. I have a cool air humidifier right beneath the cage

Plants - I bought him a pothos and a "money tree" from Home depot, I tried googling the money tree and I believe it is some sort of chestnut

Placement - Cage is in my room, not much traffic other than me, it sits about a foot off the ground, so the top of the cage is about 5 feet off the ground.

Location - I'm in Juneau, Alaska.

Current Problem - Just doing a check to make sure I'm doing things okay, and that he looks healthy. Kind of worried about his lack of color

 

[littlehart]

Here's a pic of the enclosure, you can see him in the back on the ladder I made (I think he likes it )

 

[ataraxia]

Cage is decorated nicely. If i can only suggest not putting vines on the uvb light. I wouldnt want anything blocking rays with my personal chameleons. Justa thought.

 

[alexyboo909]

Oh you made him little ladder, so cutee )

 

[Elizadolots]

Hi!

He's lovely....he's showing some color there. To be honest, a really vibrant chameleon is sometimes an unhappy chameleon. They call if "fired up" for a reason. Take it as evidence of your good care that he's not all fired up.

 

[littlehart]

Thanks for the input guys! Glad to hear he looks good, as long as he's happy, I'm happy