Hello everyone my name is Angela, I have a very young male veiled chameleon I've had him for 2 months now. In the last week he has went to the bottom of his cage and is not eating and is showing stress colors, what can I do? I have to correct lighting the temperature set right and humidity all at where and what it should be. But he just seems to not want us to mess with him or to eat or to climb on his limbs anymore. Should I just leave him alone for the time being and see if he comes around?
Veiled chameleon at bottom of cage and showing stress colors
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Syreptyon
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Can you please tell us specifically what the temps, humidity, and lights are? It's important we know exactly what your chameleon's environment is like because there's no such thing as "correct lighting," etc. Many people keep their chams with different parameters and we may be able to offer more help with more detail. Also pictures would help very much!
DarinD
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That is WAY too hot for your chameleon! Basking temp shouldn't go over around 85 for an animal that young. The bottom portion of the cage should be in the low 70s as a rule of thumb, but Veiled chams can tolerate dips into the 50s at night. Chameleons need complete darkness at night. Remove the red nighttime bulb immediately and crank down your basking temperature. Humidity is fine wheres it at.
KeopiCat
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Temperatures should be around 85 degrees at the hot spot for a juvenile male. Also, chameleons can actually see those night lights, so I'd stop using it asap. It's likely you don't need a night light at all. What temperature is it at night without the night light?
KeopiCat
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Beat me to it by seconds, haha
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