new chameleon owner here ^_^

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hey guys i just got a new veiled chameleon (his name is Ninja) and i got everything set up, leaves, dripping system, spray here and there, 150 watt blue light and all that. he is only a few weeks old at the most and i just got some questions to better my chameleons stay with me.

so i know they dont like being held but i also know with enough love and car shown towards him he will warm up to me. i know you can tame him by hand feeding him but i have some baby crickets and was wondering how i could hand feed them when the crickets try to crawl up my arm and dont know how to keep them still enough for Ninja to catch him. also when i try to pick him up he hisses at me so im not gonna try much at all, BUT i want to know an efficient way to do this so when i do try i dont waste his time and mine and make things worse if anything, i have tried using the leaf method where i let him crawl on a leave then onto my hand instead of just using my hand directly which seems to work well, but i just want to know if these two methods so far sound....idk how to say it...legit?

anyways thanks for the help and i cant wait for my new cham, aka Ninja, to warm up to me...

thank you :)
 
Welcome!

We dont use bluew lights.

you need a regular house bulb for basking, and a reptiglo or reptisun uvb bulb.
 
yes a 5.0 tropical light and a good way to feed him is by using a cup sometimes you can extend ur arm like a branch and hold the cup by your arm where he can see them but the only way for him to get the food is by getting on your arm its a trick remm never pick them up from above always from the bottom. hope i help you out check out vids on youtube for hand feeding and proper handling chameleons ect...
 
Welcome and congrats!! I am just giving you a heads up, not trying to discourage but sometimes, even with the best intentions a cham won't "warm" up to you. Just an FYI, they are all very different, they don't really "tame" as much as SOME will allow you to touch them lmao

If you have not had the little guy long, give him some space. If you push too hard too soon it just stresses them out. When I got Claude I didn't do anything where/when he could see me for the first month...I think that was a bit much as it took months for him to get used to me. With my new baby, I am cleaning his cage a bit while he is awake and when I feed I grab the crickets by their antennae and let him watch me place them in his cage. I just move slowly. You have to be patient with these critters. Good luck...the handling part for me was the hardest thing!! But it is SOOO worth it!! :D

Edit: Also, it is not so much that you love them that they care about...I found that Claude "loved" me more once he realized that I am his ticket out of his cage and either to his free range or to the outside!! They are very selfish little beasts!! : )
 
Welcome to CF!
Super glad to have you and Ninja here!;)

150w sounds like a lot. Id make sure you dont cook him:eek::p

The best way to get your chameleon to "like you" is to never give him a reason to not trust you. Over time hell learn that you are not a threat.
 
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