Have I got something wrong?

[Jordan88]

My 5 month old male veiled seems to always stay dark colours. His basking temp is 86 degrees, new uvb reprising 5.0. The ambient temp is at 72 degrees. I mist 3 times a day. He hasn't large live sheflerra plant. 12 small crickets are dusted everyday with calcium(w/o d3) and the d3 twice a month. He also gets a multi vit 2 a month. Just needing some input

 

[zlew]

Is he dark all the time or only when he's basking. It's normal for them to go dark when trying to get more heat, dark colors absorb more light/heat.

 

[Jordan88]

He's dark all the time unless he's sleeping. I measure all the temps with a temp gun I attached an image of him right now he's just under the uv all the time too

 

[Pharaoh2015]

Maybe check with a different temperature reading device?
I know males like the heat higher when they are adults (90-95F).

Is there anything in his cage he dislikes? Mine will turn black if I walk close to her cage alot. Also if I wear dark blue.

 

[Jordan88]

I checked with my hydrotherm digital and it read the same the minute I opened the door to his cage he brightened right up and climbed out onto my hand

 

[Pharaoh2015]

How big is your cage?

 

[Jordan88]

The cage is 2'x2'4' I think I found my problem the sheflerra plant is so dense it takes up the whole cage pretty well and my cam can't really utilize the area so I think he can't properally thermal regulate. I just put this cage together now 18x18x36 (shown in picture. I may move him over tommorow). I have a 3'x3'x7' cage in the building process for when he's an adult

 

[jajeanpierre]

Is he seeing something that is stressing him? It might be related to what he sees or what is going on outside his cage. Even a caged bird he can see might stress him out.

 

[Pharaoh2015]

Other chameleons near by can stress out chams a lot too. I had to separate my two cages about 20 ft when I got my Jackson because my young veil was acting differebt

 

[Jordan88]

Can't see him seeing anything he's got his own room.

 

[Jordan88]

He spends allot of time climbing the screen door and when I go to open the door(when he's not on it) he runs for the exit

 

[Jordan88]

Sorry for all the posts he seems good now I moved him to the other cage and his black stress marks went away

 

[nebmug]

try moving the basking above the vine he's on?

 

[Jordan88]

Thank every one for the advice it's really appreciated.
I moved him to a large cage 4'x3'x4'(LWH) that was almost two weeks now but he stays darker greens and Browns all the pictures I see on here their male veiled a have beautiful colors.

 

[Carlton]

Many veileds go through a brownish phase at about 6 months of age. As his hormones stabilize he should turn green again. What color does he stay while asleep?

 

[Jordan88]

He lightens up a bit more. On another note should I be running my hhumidifyer at night? The room drops to about 45%

 

[Pharaoh2015]

He lightens up a bit more. On another note should I be running my hhumidifyer at night? The room drops to about 45%

Have you tried covering a few sides of the cage to keep humidity in?

 

[jajeanpierre]

I noticed a wild caught quad brightened up as soon as I treated him for parasites. He had been a darker mossy color, but immediately changed to a brighter green after I gave him Panacur.

Have you had a fecal done?

 

[Carlton]

I noticed a wild caught quad brightened up as soon as I treated him for parasites. He had been a darker mossy color, but immediately changed to a brighter green after I gave him Panacur.

Have you had a fecal done?

I would suggest that a juvenile cbb veiled isn't going to have the heavy and diverse parasite load a recently imported quad might. Most chams will have some, but I doubt it would be affecting his coloration at this age.

 

[Jordan88]

Three sides are wood whole front screen. The top is a sheet of that plastic square mesh(1/2" squares)

And no I have never gotten a fecal done for him.