Long story short, a family member had brought us her chameleon and started everything was fine with the enclosure, having experience with work i could tell it wasn’t, i had passed onto my mother who is currently minding it and told her that the enclosure wasnt satisfactory too my knowledge, she has no prior experience and i had consulted a college who said it needs a UVB light, which we picked up, but she is worried we picked up the wrong type. i’ll attach photos of the enclosure below, ever since installing the UVB light our chameleon has stayed at the bottom of his enclosure, which sparked some concern towards a issue with the lighting maybe.

i’ve had him for 2 months now, his one horn that was broken when i got him is not growing at all but i still adore him

Our family had a panther chameleon who had stripes, and a yemen chameleon who had spots. Both passed away a few years ago.

First pic is shortly after his most recent shed, precious pic is from after his prior shed. He’s getting a lot more orange and yellow coming through now which I’m loving

Bonus shots of him being as stealthy as possible given the circumstances.

Sat him down briefly so I had both hands to make coffee, he never moved from this perch, just slowly moved into better position to stare more intently.

Help! My heat lamp bulb went out. I'm totally broke and my chameleon, Rango heat bulb went out today. Any ideas on what i can do for providing heat until I get paid? Anyone have an extra they wanna send me? won't have money till may 22. I'm in Tx, so it's not super cold but I keep my house temp. in the 70s.

Hey I saw this at PetSmart and was wondering if anybody has any experience with it on whether or not it’s a good brand and or does what it’s supposed to do.

In the past month, my chameleon that I’ve had for around six years has been declining in certain ways. First, it started with her tongue, not properly working she couldn’t shoot it out as far, so I provided branches that were closer to her food dish for when I fed her so she could be closer. And then when she would climb, she would fall a little more than usual and kind of slip. I got her a new UV lamp recently and everything. I’ve had the set up for six years now and she’s been fine for those past years. Yesterday I heard her gasping and shaking her head a few times. She was still very active yesterday this morning around 6 AM. I woke up and she was only hanging by her tail from the branch. She usually sleeps on and then I woke up a little later around 12 and found her on the bottom of her cage. At first I thought she was dead already, but when I tried moving her, she woke up. Her eyes were very disoriented. It almost looked like she couldn’t really see straight. Her colors were fine and normal. Her eyes are sunken in, which is new they weren’t sunken in yesterday. She’s very weak. She won’t move for a while and we’ll have her eyes closed and then suddenly she’ll open them and kind of look at me and then close your eyes again when I moved her, she started moving on her own towards me I think because she knew that I was trying to help her, but it seems like every little movement she does is very tiring. I don’t know what to do I put her in a box of paper towel towels, and I’ll be keeping an eye on her. I put her near the lamp when I feel it. Maybe she needs more warm. I just don’t know what to do.

Update:
Hey everyone thank you for all the nice and helpful comments. Unfortunately she passed away, she was already in rough shape. Thank you guys a lot.

went to give her breakfast and i walked up the cage and her mouth was wide open, i checked the inside of her mouth and didnt see anything inside. her basking spot sits at 83°, so it’s not too hot. should i bring her to the vet? never seen this behavior before

Posting this here because I know you guys will understand. About a month ago my baby Elfie started rapidly declining. I brought her in to her vet and ended up humanely euthanizing due to her grave prognosis. She was almost 6 year old. I know she was an old lady but it still hurts so much. She was truly special and getting to be her mom was such an honor. I’ve been sleeping on the couch ever since because I just can’t bear waking up and not seeing her basking at her spot.
Hibiscus was her favorite plant. Every summer I would go to Lowe’s or Home Depot each month (sometimes more often) to get her hibiscus. She would immediately go after all the buds and then chomp the leaves. I would have to replace them month by month just because of how much she loved them haha.
Attaching some pictures so you guys can see how beautiful she was (and sassy/goofy)💚💚

yes, she got her birthday bug. happy birthday my grumpy girl!

Hey guys! First time cham owner and I’m trying to do everything I can to keep this guy happy! I’ve got this 18 month old male panther cham (new to me) that I named Reginald. So far in the cage I have pothos and umbrella plant, with a manzanita branch and some fake vine. I also have the bug trapper you see in the corner, a water dripper on the top of the cage, heat bulb, UVB bulb, and grow light. Current temp in cage is 74, current humidity is 73 as we approach night.
I bought a prayer plant I would like to add to the top of his cage but I have no idea how to mount or hang that to a mesh cage. Please help!
Also just FYI, I am buying more vine tomorrow from the local guy to add some in the opposing direction.
Any advice would be appreciated!
Also, everything seems to be going really well with him, he’s eating well, drinking, and pooped a very healthy looking poop just this morning… but I just want to make sure, does he look healthy?

Edit for mod:
Feeding schedule- approx 5 crickets or 5 Dubia roaches every other day
Supplement schedule- plain calcium every feeding, calcium with D3 every week and a half or so
Geolocation- central California but he’s in a basement that doesn’t get above 78 F when it’s 115 F outside.

I came across this fella at a local petco. I don’t want to adopt any chameleon. He wants to be my familiar.

Can anyone give me advice on chameleons? How long do they live? What kind of commitment am I signing up for? I want my chameleon to be happy. What do they need? I live in the Phoenix metropolitan area, so the indemic climate is hot (100F+ for roughly 3-4 months/year) with low humidity, below 10% humidity for 90% of the year). The remaining 8-9 months range from moderate 70-80F) with low nighttime temps.

Hey everyone, as you can tell from the title I am new to the life of chameleon keeping. I've owned multiple ball pythons & a tarantula in my younger years lol aka my parents tolerated my weird pet fascination. Obviously at some point I had to stop creature keeping due to roommates or living conditions. I now am in a spot where I can have at least 1 reptile (wife says only 1 at this time lol)

My plan of action was a living biome since I can only have the 1 chameleon; I wanted to get the biome up and running for at least 1 month before getting said chameleon. Researched into cost on that and as soon as my wife heard springtails and saw a picture the biome got nix lol Basic setup with a few live plants it will be. Over some months, because shit is expensive due to the nature of who and what its for, I have gathered enough of a setup- tank, therm/hygro, misters, light/heat and got my terrarium going so I can start dialing in air temps & humidity for my new friend.

Here lies the problem. I'm having what my eyes and basic research comprehension is telling me is a heating issue. Chameleons (dependent upon species) like 92F-80F in the hot zone, mid 70s in the cooler zone; with a night temp drop in the 70s as well- please correct if wrong. According to my thermometer my air temp are between 74F-77F and humidity 63%+.

Multiple factors could be materials, equipment brands, wattage, location. So here I am asking the wide community that is reddit for help/guidance on my "possible" issue or am I being a helicopter parent?

Tank- 45gal front open glass with metal mesh screen top; leca false bottom, substrate cloth, soil, moss; 3 live plants- ficus & fern

Mister- reptizoo 2L adjustable misting system

Control- Digital hygro/thermometer & non digital gauge (came with tank); 100W dual light/heat mini dome; 100W ceramic heat bulb, 5.0UVB Reptisun 13W mini compact bulb

Kinda concerned about brown areas on her head and casque

Hi! First time Cham owner. I have had this gal for a few months I think she’s about 9 months now. I’m attaching pictures to see if this is normal before shedding? Also suspecting she’s gravid because of her chubby belly. Eating less than usual the last week or so. I have a lay bin and she seems to go near it on her climbs up and down but not in.

Also, she hates me so I’m worried that I stress her out just by being around. She’s in a low traffic area but I obviously need to feed her and clean her cage.