Sitting Under The Lights All Day?

[KamaKamaChameleon!]

Chameleon Info:

• Your Chameleon - Veiled Cham, Male, He Looked Around 3 Months Old When I Got Him Forgot To Ask. I Got HIm Around The 24th Of December 2017.
• Handling - Every Other Day.
• Feeding - Hornworms, Waxworms, Superworms, Silkworms, And Crickets.What I Do Is I Give Him Like 8 BUgs Like Maybe 2 Waxworms 3 Hornworms and 1 super worm intill I gave him 8 bugs.In The Morning. I Get lindasgonebuggy value packs So It Comes With Chow But Sometimes I Give Apples.
• Supplements - I Use zoomed calcium and vitamin.I Do The Without D3 And Switch It Out With D3 Twice A Month. I Dust Them Then Feed It To Him In The Morning.
• Watering - Hand Misting And A Dripper. For Hand Misting I Do 3-4 Minutes And For The Dripper, I Just Simulate It For Him. Yes, I Do See My Chameleon Drinking.
• Fecal Description - blackish-Brown With Specks Of White.No Have Not Been Tested For Parasites.
• History - I Pre Ordered A Cham That Was Coming To Petsmart From A Breeder BEfore He Had TIme To Get Sick For The Store.

Cage Info:

• Cage Type - A Full-Screen Cage That Is 24x24x48 (Picture Will Be Shown Here)
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  Awesome new cage

  • KamaKamaChameleon!
  • Mar 9, 2018
• Lighting - Zoomed,60 Watt Bulb, And UVB. It Gets Turn On Around 7:30 And Off At 8:00.
• Temperature - About 80-90 Temp. And At Top, There IS A Vine Where He Can Bask.About 76 IS The Lowest Temp For Night. I Tell By Using A Therm.
• Humidity - About 30%. Using Live Plants To Hold The Humidity And MainTain These Levels. I Use A Therm Again To Know What Is The Humidity.
• Plants- Yes I Do Have Live Plants, I Have A Dracena And A Pothos
• Placement - It Is Located In My Bedroom That Is Very Warm. It Is Not Near A Fan But Near A Vent, No Not Near Traffic. No, The Cage IS Not Near The Floor.
• Location - I'm In The United States In Lehi.

Current Problem - Sitting Under The Light All Day But He Can Move Fine...

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[renzo0684]

80-90 basking 76 ambient is fine. If he's chillin let him him chill. One thing you can do is try to get the humidity up just a tad. What's the highest humidity it gets during the day and how long does it stay there?

 

[kinyonga]

Is Lehi in Utah?
Sitting under the basking light is something that happens in colder climates in the winter when screen cages are used. Covering three sides if the cage with a shower curtain might help.

 

[KamaKamaChameleon!]

Yes Lehi IS In Utah

 

[CJ's Exotics]

Pictures of the chameleon please. Have you noticed any discoloration or odd behavior other than the extra basking? Try reading up on behavioral fevers in reptiles if he is acting odd, in a sick like way.

 

[KamaKamaChameleon!]

View media item 47239 He Just Lays There Most Day But Not In A Sick Like Way. His Behavior Is Normal So...

 

[CJ's Exotics]

View media item 47239 He Just Lays There Most Day But Not In A Sick Like Way. His Behavior Is Normal So...

Is he always laying on the branch?

 

[KamaKamaChameleon!]

Most Time But He Does It For Like Half Of Day Maybe More

 

[CJ's Exotics]

That is odd.

 

[KamaKamaChameleon!]

That's Why I Asked You Guys

 

[CJ's Exotics]

Chameleons should not be laying down a lot during the day while basking.

 

[KamaKamaChameleon!]

IT Seems Super healthy tho eats fine and can move around fine...

 

[KamaKamaChameleon!]

I Very Worried About HIm Being SIck But He Looks Fine

 

[kinyonga]

Are it's eyes open while it's laying on the branches?

 

[KamaKamaChameleon!]

Yes

 

[KamaKamaChameleon!]

This is him under the light yesterday..
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[KamaKamaChameleon!]

 

[Matthew43s]

Chameleons should not be laying down a lot during the day while basking.

KP does the same thing though, he spends about 75% of his time moving around his basking side of his enclosure, and when he finds a spot he likes he lays sideways to get more surface area for more heat, looks exactly like the one in the picture. It’s odd for a Cham to do this? I figured they’re just chillen in there warm area during the day. I mean He goes exploring towards the end of the night and makes his rounds, going down to the bottom, back up, side to side, like a track right before he goes to sleep. But spends most of his day basking like this. (Tried getting current pic but he’s actually hangin out on the cord that holds up his hanging pothos)

 

[Matthew43s]

Just a few more pictures to show what he does. I don’t think it’s a problem, I think that’s just what some Chams like to do. Just like people, have the ones who are crazy active, then you have the ones who like to just hang out and relax in a comfortable spot. Think it just depends on the personality of the Cham, if there’s no other signs of something wrong I don’t think it’s an issue.

 

[CJ's Exotics]

Just a few more pictures to show what he does. I don’t think it’s a problem, I think that’s just what some Chams like to do. Just like people, have the ones who are crazy active, then you have the ones who like to just hang out and relax in a comfortable spot. Think it just depends on the personality of the Cham, if there’s no other signs of something wrong I don’t think it’s an issue. View attachment 201648View attachment 201649

KP is a bit different. KP is exploring and looking for a comfortable basking spot. The OP's cham is staying in one spot for a while, and laying down.