Future New Veiled Chameleon Owner

[Scphishkid77]

So my 3 year old son was playing w/ a toy Chameleon for 3 days straight. We pulled up the "Youtube" & were amazed that there was a "Chameleon Care World" out there. My son looked at me & said "I want one", I was like I want one also. That was early Feb 2018. So we have done our research, created a pretty good & natural habitat (suitable live plants & misting system). We have a timer on the lighting sys & we monitor the envoiroment diligently, to ensure correct temp & humidity. We are reading books, asking questions, taking notes, visiting many pet stores & reptile stores. As we are new to this we want to make sure everything is suitable for when we bring him home. We are now doing extensive research on feeding & the settling in time period. Can you guys provide info on feeding. How often should we feed w/ dusted calcium? We have suitable UVB lighting & a basking perch, do we need to provide supplements w/ D3? All suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

[jannb]

Welcome to the forums. This is the very best place to do chameleon research. You will find the most accurate information here. I also have some beautiful veiled babies available. I’m very picky about where they go but I am willing to work with new keepers that have the desire to learn. I’m attaching my blog for you below about how I recommend keeping a chameleon healthy and also a link to the forums resources that will give you accurate information about just about everything you’ll need to know about keeping a chameleon.

My blog: https://www.chameleonforums.com/blo...-with-young-veiled-or-panther-chameleons.325/

Chameleon resource: https://www.chameleonforums.com/care/

And my babies: https://www.chameleonforums.com/threads/new-baby-pictures-2-1-2-months-old-3-11-18.162775/

 

[Fiona's Mom]

Welcome to the forum. You sound like you are doing your homework before getting your cham....that is the best you can do. Most keepers get the cham and don't have a clue what they need. I will vouch for @jannb her babies are raised with love...and sooo sweet. I have one of them so I know. Good luck.

 

[Scphishkid77]

Ahh nice, We got some replays. Thanks Jannb & Fiona's Mom. We appreciate you taking the time to give some advice. Jannb we have look at the links you have provided & all info is bonus at this point. We are not to bring a Chameleon home yet, as we are still fine tuning our enclosure.

We just purchesed a digital humidity gauge, where is the best place to place in the enclosure to place it. At the top, mid-way or the bottom of the enclosure???

 

[bobbydigital]

Welcome! Glad you're taking the right steps in preparing for your cham instead of just jumping into it without doing any sort of research. I place my humidity gauge at the bottom, I used to have it at the top but that was before I moved things around a bit. I can't say what's best but it seems to work fine in both spots. Maybe one of the others have a better answer. Not sure what species you're planning on getting, but consider one of Jann's wonderful babies .