Help!!! 2 month old chamleon acting stange!!!

Hi guys I am new on here but have been doing a lot of research and keep finding myself back on this website so I decided to join. I will be more then happy to fill out the help questionnaire if I can just be pointed in the right direction. It took my long enough just to figure out how to post something. I have a 2 month old (roughly) male translucent veiled chameleon "Flex". I have had him for 5 days now and as of 2 days ago I have noticed him showing alot of colors and circling his enclosure from top to bottom. This has been happening every evening right about an hour before lights off. The rest of the time he is bright green and looks great. Should I be worried or concerned?? His enclosure is 2x2x3.5 screen with alot of foliage and branches. Pothos plant as well as umbrella plant. Basking spot high 80s maybe 90 and ambient mid 70s. I am also using astandard 60watt bulb for heat and a 5.0 for UVB. He is eating 15 crickets a day and still drinking ( poop looks great lol)I know I will need to post more info to get any help but as mentioned before If I can just get a little help I would reallyappreciate it. First picture are his normal colors most the time, the second is of him while he is acting strange.
 

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Do you have an automatic mister? I see water droplets on Flex. Maybe the color change is due to the misting?
 
Do you have an automatic mister? I see water droplets on Flex. Maybe the color change is due to the misting?
Hi, thank you for the response. And no, I use a little dripper through out the day and mist 2 times ( morning/night) with spray bottle but never directly on him. The shop I bought him from went lights out at 7 and I go lights out at 8. Could it be the schedule change possibly?
 
Could be, I know my guy likes to roam around the enclosure before lights out searching for the right spot to crash.
 
I hope that's all it is, thanks again. Also if it is just him looking for a good spot would all the coloring hes showing be normal? I thought that was a sign of stress?
 
Well, when they are in a good hiding spot they relax. Your guy maybe a little on edge when doing a walkabout, he may feel vulnerable. I'm no expert, but I would not worry, he looks great.
 
I also have a 2 month old, a panther though and he tends to move around before deciding on a spot to sleep.
Could be getting used to his enclosure ,
I belive it takes them a week or two to get used to the new surroundings.
 
I appreciate both of your thoughts they both make complete sense to me. I may just be being paranoid as this is my 1st cham. @ timw1, I was thinking he still looked healthy too thats why i was in question about it. Thanks for the reassurance guys.
 
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