Got most of the cage stuff done today…got to bigger plants to the bottom and the top and more branches. Do you guys have any recommendations? (Thin branches, thick branches, horizontal branches, etc). Open to criticism (24”x24”x48”)

Edit: I redid the post because I forgot to put something here. This is our first chameleon and any advice will be appreciated. I mostly want to share the joy of our new baby but advices are still greatly appreciated! Thank you everyone💓💓💓

So I noticed this girl at the pet store today and she’s looking rough. She’s on sale (I wonder why)I want to rescue her but I’m nervous if she dies on me quickly, etc. I tried saving a family member’s veild and it was too far gone and passed on me. It was traumatizing tbh. They said she recently had an eye infection which I believe is the eye shown but both eyes are sunken in, denying food and she’s lethargic. I’ve done some research on chameleons for a while now because I’ve always wanted one but I know they are tricky to take care of.

Hii I just got a yemen chameleon about 4 days ago and hes active and stuff but he doesnt eat. I've offered and given crickets but he just doesnt want them. I came home and I seen a bit of the fake vine/wood thing was chewed off. Idk if that's the crickets or him. I'm really scared hes gonna get sick or something. Can anyone tell me how to fix this or what I'm doing wrong ??

Does anyone sell screen enclosures larger than 2x2x4? I’m thinking of getting a panther chameleon and would ideally like a 3x2x4 but I can’t find anything bigger than 2x2x4

My chameleon is having a really hard time shedding and has been for a while. I have tried putting a different humidifier hide in for him as well as just putting a humidifier in the same room as him (not directly on him). I’ve always been told never to mist them as it only stresses them out

Unfortunately he does not get handled well and hasn’t since I got him at 6 months old. I’m afraid the stuck shed will harm him if left on but I don’t want to stress him out by forcing him out of his cage and/or peeling it off. Does anyone have any tips/tricks? Any would be helpful 🙏

UPDATE

upon further investigation the humidity setting on my humidifier seems to be broken and is not getting up to the correct humidity as that it is programmed to do , and is actually leaving it at mid 30’s, fingers crossed a new humidifier will fix the problem

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He/she is about 5 months old and we are very anxious to know sex. What do we think folks?

Hi, sorry if this isn't allowed, just wanted to ask about whether or not this was an actual thing.

I was looking locally and saw a breeder has this "hatch your own cham egg" "guaranteed to hatch" "a fun project with a new pet!!"

And just wondering about wtf that was about or if it's a good idea to get one? I feel like new chameleon owners should probably not be messing with unhatched eggs but I don't know a lot about keeping chams so idk.

Say hello to Maximilian first time owning a chameleon and gotta say I do quite enjoy her company

Just thought I would bless all the chameleon lovers out there with my rango boy. He got mad at me for cleaning this morning

Hey gang. I have an almost 2 year old Chameleon. She recently got very very sick and I don't know what else to do to help her. A few nights ago, I walked into my room to find her hanging upside down mid air by her tail and back legs. She was totally stiff and even smelled dead, but she was still somehow alive. I obviously rushed her into a vet the second one opened. The vet didn't really help with shit. They were 90% certain she was carrying eggs, even though I told them she's had her uterus removed a few months after I got her. When I got her she was a few days away from being egg bound and her whole uterus had to be taken out. That was a year and a half ago and she hasn't had another clutch since. So once the vet realized I in fact, was not lying about her having no utuerus, they didn't know what was wrong. They said it's possible she has a mouth infection because it's kinda yellow in her mouth. That all happened yesterday, and as of today her condition is very slowly going downhill. I'm terrified she won't make it more than a few days if I can't figure out what's wrong. She's extremely lethargic, almost none responsive. She was fiesty before, now shes half limp when I'm medicating her. She barely opens her eyes, won't drink any water, barely pooping, and she feels very very fragile. I don't have any pics of her condition to share right now because I'm writing this at work, but when I'm home I'll add some pictures so you can see what her condition is. She's in lizard ICU right now, right next to a space heater on a slightly damp towel, and getting daily showers and medication. If there's anything else I can do for her at all please share. She's like my kid and I'm really afraid she won't make it to the weekend. Thank you guys

Hello everyone,

I was hoping someone could help me identify a lizard I recently saw in my backyard in Los Angeles.

We had a large, dead pine tree—about 6 feet in diameter—that needed to be removed. Trying to save some money, I attempted to chop it down myself with an axe. Even though the tree was dead, I didn’t make much progress. Still, it was good exercise and a great way to blow off some steam.

One day, after going at the tree for a good while, a lizard darted out from a crack in the tree, as if it had been living inside. I thought it might be a chameleon, cause when it saw me preparing to swing again, it seemed startled and began changing colors. However, instead of simply blending in with its surroundings, it displayed an almost iridescent, polychromatic effect—almost as if reacting to fear and couldn’t lock-on to one color so he kept changing them.

Wanting to avoid scaring it further, I set my axe down, but it quickly retreated back into the tree. A few weeks later, we had a professional tree service come in to remove the tree, and I never saw the lizard again.

Since chameleons aren’t native to Southern California—or even the U.S., as far as I know—I’m curious if anyone has any insight into what I might have seen. Could it have been a different type of color-changing lizard?

Thanks in advance for any thoughts!

And this was my first time drawing a chameleon, don’t make fun of my artwork. 😒

The name’s peanut 🥜 nice to meet you all. ❤️

Unfortunately, we're only in this area for about a month, so I havent hung his UVB from ceiling as I normally would. Because of no UVB whrre he likes to play, I have to put him back under UVB in his cage everyday when he wakes up. He get's sooooooo annoyed.

I read up on it and I read chameleons typically can stop eating pre and post shed. She’s eaten 2 horn worms and 2 crickets since Friday (it’s Wednesday) she’s on the final drop of her shedding I put her in a hospital enclosure (with basking and UVB confirmed with temperature fun temps are prime) to temporarily to monitor her heating and appearance. How is she looking?

-husbandry is confirmed great from the vet (will post pics in comments)
•82-85 basking day time 30% humidity •60 night time with around 98% humidity. •linear UVB T5HO 5.0 • night time misting 15 mins after lights go off; morning misting 15 mins before lights come on.

•Night time fogger runs at 100% and day time I drop it to about 25% (of fog level not humidity percentage) *Main source of nutrition is dusted without D3 except 1-2x a month with D3. • I have a dripper for her and LIVE PLANTS ONLY. • lay bin 8” deep about 13”x8” of area.