Male Veiled color is staying dark

[BillynJennifer]

• Your Chameleon - Male Veiled, around 5 months old, been with us for 2 months.
• Handling - I only handle him if I really, really have to.
• Feeding - He is eating 7-10 crickets per day. The crickets are being gut loaded by using squash, cucumbers, and whatever green, leafy veggie that is on sale that week.
• Supplements - I use Repti-Calcium without D3 every feeding. I use Repti-Calcium with D3 twice a month.
• Watering - I spray down his enclosure in the morning and again in the afternoon. I am able to see him lick water from his leaves on occasion.
• Fecal Description - His droppings are a white, mushy part with a harder black part. He's never had a parasite exam.
• History - His color was vibrant green when we first got him. There was a female that we had in his cage with him for about 3 weeks. When we moved her to her own cage, his colors have stayed dark.

Cage Info:

• Cage Type - His enclosure is a 16*16*30 screen enclosure
• Lighting - I am using a 60W regular incandescent light bulb and a 13W Reptisun 5.0 UVB. Lights are on from 9:00am-9:00pm.
• Temperature - Under the basking spot, the temp is 85 degrees. Rest of enclosure is room temperature (68-70 degrees). Measured by a digital thermometer.
• Humidity - Right after I spray, the humidity is around 80%. By the time I mist again, it's dropped to around 50%. I'm measuring the level using a digital thermometer/hygrometer from Walmart.
• Plants - I am using an umbrella plant that nearly fills up the whole canopy. I thinned out an area under the basking light.
• Placement - The enclosure is in our dining room. The area sees a bit of traffic in the afternoon/night. The enclosure is about 3ft off the floor.
• Location - I am located in Kentucky.

Current Problem - The problem that I'm having is that my male Veiled has gotten very dark and stays that way all through the day, but turning green when he goes to sleep. I had a female with him in his enclosure, and when I move her to her own enclosure, that's when his colors darkened. He also isn't eating as much as he did prior to moving the female.

 

[jannb]

• Your Chameleon - Male Veiled, around 5 months old, been with us for 2 months.
• Handling - I only handle him if I really, really have to.
• Feeding - He is eating 7-10 crickets per day. The crickets are being gut loaded by using squash, cucumbers, and whatever green, leafy veggie that is on sale that week.
• Supplements - I use Repti-Calcium without D3 every feeding. I use Repti-Calcium with D3 twice a month.
• Watering - I spray down his enclosure in the morning and again in the afternoon. I am able to see him lick water from his leaves on occasion.
• Fecal Description - His droppings are a white, mushy part with a harder black part. He's never had a parasite exam.
• History - His color was vibrant green when we first got him. There was a female that we had in his cage with him for about 3 weeks. When we moved her to her own cage, his colors have stayed dark.

Cage Info:

• Cage Type - His enclosure is a 16*16*30 screen enclosure
• Lighting - I am using a 60W regular incandescent light bulb and a 13W Reptisun 5.0 UVB. Lights are on from 9:00am-9:00pm.
• Temperature - Under the basking spot, the temp is 85 degrees. Rest of enclosure is room temperature (68-70 degrees). Measured by a digital thermometer.
• Humidity - Right after I spray, the humidity is around 80%. By the time I mist again, it's dropped to around 50%. I'm measuring the level using a digital thermometer/hygrometer from Walmart.
• Plants - I am using an umbrella plant that nearly fills up the whole canopy. I thinned out an area under the basking light.
• Placement - The enclosure is in our dining room. The area sees a bit of traffic in the afternoon/night. The enclosure is about 3ft off the floor.
• Location - I am located in Kentucky.

Current Problem - The problem that I'm having is that my male Veiled has gotten very dark and stays that way all through the day, but turning green when he goes to sleep. I had a female with him in his enclosure, and when I move her to her own enclosure, that's when his colors darkened. He also isn't eating as much as he did prior to moving the female.

Please post some photos of him. They often go through a brown stage. Not that it has anything to do with his color but I recommend a dripper along with the mistings.

 

[BillynJennifer]

Dark Cham

• BillynJennifer
• May 16, 2016

 

[BillynJennifer]

He is shedding right now.

 

[Andee]

His resting colors could just be darker in this area of his development. It is about time to get his adult cage too. You should also be dusting with vitamins twice a month.

 

[BillynJennifer]

His colors were a vibrant green for the few weeks that we had a female in with him. We took her out into her new cage and changed his plant from a Hibiscus to an Umbrella plant, and now he stays this drab dull color until lights out.

 

[Andee]

The reason he was brighter green was probably that he was either displaying for the female or trying to scare her off.