My Veiled Chameleon Enclosure - Check Out His Setup!
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- LLYT here! This video has nothing to do with turtles but I wanted to show you my other reptile’s setup. His name is Santiago and he is a veiled chameleon! Find what I use in this setup below:
NOTE: A chameleon should not be eating moss. Fake or real. Ignore that I said it is edible. It is not edible and could lead to impaction or other digestive issues. My cham does not eat the moss so it is not an issue in my enclosure. (credit to a fellow viewer who commented on my incorrect advice)
Checkout the links below to see the products I use in my setup. I am an Amazon Affiliate and receive a tiny commission if you use the amazon product links at no extra cost to you. Thank you in advance ;)
The Setup:
Cage: amzn.to/3vXoMnP
Misting System: amzn.to/3hiH2UK
Lamp: amzn.to/3y1KIjz
Basking bulb (similar bulb, UVA and UVB, check temps): amzn.to/3o55r1i
Moss Vine: amzn.to/3bj5f9r
Vine (x2): amzn.to/3w9Xpar
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Fake Plant: amzn.to/33xHzKi
Umbrella Tree -Live Plant: amzn.to/3sStdzB
Croton Live Plant: amzn.to/3bk0Set
Reptile Dish: amzn.to/3uC8C30
Drip Plant: amzn.to/3o2jGUE
Cricket Container: amzn.to/3eySf1q
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Cricket “Water”: amzn.to/3bhprso
Reptile Multivitamin: amzn.to/3twlbvv
Water Conditioner: amzn.to/3uDXKS6
Large Meal Worms: amzn.to/2R041Jv
Power strip: amzn.to/3uwKu1H
Acrylic Sheets: 24x48” (x3 for me) use silicone or strong tape to attach to crate
Stand: DIY - Pine wood, plywood, exterior paint (black), screws, hinges for door
Bucket: Lowes or Home Depot 5 gallon bucket. Get lid for it too.
Please Read! I was incorrect about moss being an edible part of my cham's enclosure. It is not edible and while it may pass through a chameleon if ingested, it may get stuck in their digestive tract (impacted) which can be deadly. Please remove moss covered decorations if you find that your cham likes to eat it. Mine does not! Always learning and always striving for the best, Long Live Your Cham!
Thank you I accidentally bight the chameleon kit found it it was so harmful to my chameleon I am not going down ur list an repurchasing all the stuff thank you so much !!!!
I can spy no t5 with my little eye
Theres alot wrong here
This comment >>>
@@NeptunetheChameleon hey neptune ✌
I’m glad you expand the scope of the topics. It’s always so enjoyable to watch everything you made. So lovely!
Thank you so much!
Santiago got it made in the shade! Everyday and twice on Sunday!, Fantastic Chameleon enclosure! Perfect size and set up!
HAHA, thanks! Glad you like it!
Great video! The only one I have found that has really spoke about acrylic sheets on the sides of a screen cage!
Glad it was helpful!
I have my enclosure with lica balls and bio dude dirt with tropical plants and it helps alot to keep humidity on the perfect side.
The Biodude has a lot of great items for a chameleon, such as: substrate, plants, and other items. Also, you should check out Dragon Strand ledges, which allows you to hang branches and vines all throughout your enclosure without having to poke holes in your screen. I have a Panther Chameleon and they are such interesting and cool animals!
Thanks for the tips! Chameleons are awesome!
I have a veiled chameleon in a bioactive enclosure got everything from the bio dude
What you did with Santiagos eye spy intro was awesome man, very creative
Thanks!
I wanted a chameleon before and now i think it’s too much work still really cool! Your set up is nice!
Thanks, they do have a lot of requirements!
Thermal burns, moss will impact him if he eats it, and I dont see a linear uvb bulb
He has never gotten thermal burns from my setup. His coloration in this video is his normal coloration. As mentioned in another comment, he does not eat the moss and should not, you are right. Linear UVB bulb is a good option, maybe even better than mine, but the mercury vapor bulb gets the job done and is a very standard way to provide both heat and UVB into a cham enclosure.
@@LongLiveYourTurtle people love to comment dumb stuff
@@LongLiveYourTurtle I agree The linear reaches farther down, as yours may be getting the job down, it might just be barley doing it
You need to have the uvb light and the basking light. for the uvb I recommend linear ones they work alot better.
His light is uvb.
This light is a 2-in-1
He should not be asleep during the day! He also looks like he has mbd. No judgement get him checked out! Blessings to u had Santiago 🙏🏻
Not true Chameleons are not nocturnal lizards and are not known to sleep at all during the day. ... At night they don't do anything besides sleep. They are not active, will not get up to walk around and will not eat. The darker the night, the better for a chameleon to sleep.
@@benjintheone4215 Did you even read their comment? You're agreeing with what he said.
Great video and I love the Amazon list.
Hate to break it to you but Santiago is definitely not getting everything he needs. A coil uvb or other non long bulb uvb lights are awful for any reptile. Do even a small amount of research and you will see that having a compact uvb can harm your chameleon or other reptile. Please don't use these
Other than that good video
Thats great. But what should be used instead?
Its like saying "Water is really bad for you". Good... so what do I drink instead of water? Saying something is bad without offering solutions is probably the worst thing you can do when giving criticism. I am not saying your advice is wrong, or right, quite frankly, I don't know. But you've left me rather dumbfounded as to what SHOULD be the course of action.
@@Slemoster You should buy a linear uvb bulb instead. My recommendation for this tank would be a 24" 10.0 t5 bulb. Reptisun brand is the most widely available.
He needs a t5 6% uvb bulb plus a heat bulb
cool!! Drip Plant! tnks :> also you while you said you hide ties the cricket was hiding in the back branch when you moved it lol
Haha classic! As long as the cricket stays in the cage I am happy :)
You need a uvb set up and fake plants are horrible for them it’s a choking hazard
Grass mats hold alot of bacteria like a lot
The grass mat is a decoration. I clean it frequently and my chameleon never explores it or has even touched it. I agree some bacteria could build on it, I do not believe it is a threat to my chameleons health. If it was I would remove it. I appreciate the concern though.
nice! was looking at other vid for turtles fluval canister filter now this chameleon one for mine also lol ") subscribed
Awesome! Thank you!
I subbed once I heard you say you lived in Colorado haha it's tough out here for us
Keeping up humidity can be a total drag! Thanks for the sub! Colorado is awesome.
What cage should I give my Veiled Chameleon in Indiana? Im confused
dude, every time you said his name i thought my dad was calling me. (My name is santiago lmao). Very nice setup
Love it!
Hey i have a 75 gal tank with no stand. Can a folding table do the job?
Planning to house my two res in there
Not sure what type of folding table but that doesn't sound like it will support the weight of a 75 gallon! Suggest using a stand built for a 75 gallon aquarium. I might get a bit more risky with lighter tanks but not a 75 gallon. There are some cool DIY stands out there on YT too!
@@LongLiveYourTurtle okay. I just got a used heavy wooden table from a thrift store fof $25 fits the tank good and it does the job well
I would not spray them direct they are not amphibious the excess water will not be absorbed. Just annoys them.
Super rad 👍
Dude I am begging you to go on the forums and have them tell you all the things your doing wrong. Spraying him was unnecessary and he was hissing at you because it was stressing him out
I sprayed him to help with this shedding and to show that in dire circumstances, this could help hydrate a cham. Was it necessary at this time? Probably not. Will he survive? Yes.
@@LongLiveYourTurtle they are dry shredders. You make it more difficult for them by spraying them
bro relax, its his pet, its still living
they are actually dry shedders man....you make it real hard when you get them wet when they shed....plz update this information bro...
@@LongLiveYourTurtle it doesn't help to sheds pls do research
Love this channel
Thanks!
Hmm im a bit curious about your info and how he's so bright. My cage is the same size but it came with the display door and leds. Mine is a translucent veiled but he typical is only the neon color while sleeping. I hand mist and i live in a highly humid climate so I only use a humidifier during winter when the air is drier. I use a money tree and a umbrella and palm as well but my palm is dying and I wanted to try a artificial ficus I've seen some decently priced but i don't know if it will support my chameleons weight. My cage actually came with a trey that catches water at the bottom . Do you only mist with your system or use the drip method?
Hello! I don’t think Santiago is above a average brightness, maybe my camera gives him better looks ;) I use the mist king system to keep my cage humid enough since I live in desert like conditions. I use a drip plant for a constant water supply for my Cham, the mist helps coat the plants with drops to drink as well. When it comes to artificial plants it’s worth a shot, sometimes it’s too difficult to keep plants. Good luck and thanks for the comment!
Where can I purchase the acrylic sides??
Hey where did you get your drip leafs or is it custom?
Can you make an amazon list of the things you bought? And where do you get the edible moss/ what’s the moss called?
Okay, this is good. But how much crickets you give per day? Is it enough for chammy. In dense enclosure sometime they cant find where crickets is. And the crickets can die too ,how you handle that.
Hi, I fed about 5-10 crickets a day depending on the size. Most crickets would become a meal but if one did die it was typically on the bottom where it was easy to remove during cleaning.
Where did you get your acrylic sheets? Thanks
Hardware store. Lowe's and Home Depot carry them!
You need to vary your chameleons diet more than mainly just crickets and occasionally works. Both have little to no nutritional value and also you should be gut loading them with proper vegetables and leafy greens
Gotcha, thanks for the advice!
Can you list where you got everything? Soon to be owner here
Do you just toss the crickets in? I’m finding my chameleon to be soooo picky and not wanting to go down low for the crickets… he was spoiled in a smaller cage when he was younger, where he could see the food easier.
I just throw them in. The crickets typically climb up on cage walls and my chameleon will quickly snag them!
@@LongLiveYourTurtle thank you for this!! You were right! Feeding is so much easier now😊
I also got the shower curtain and a few of the plants you mentioned! My chameleon thanks you too! Haha
In my enclosure I have about 100 pounds of dirt on the bottom with moss on top this helps hold the humidity and provides my Cham with space to walk on the bottom where he loves to do his zoomies
Thinking of building a custom cage over my 30 gallon tall aquarium. Any thoughts?
Sounds cool! Might be need something bigger for a full size Cham though!
Can you use something besides the acrylic sheets?
Yes! Glass works too. Or anything that is waterproof, non-toxic and you wouldn't mind looking at!
Where did you buy your chameleon and how did you set up your cage? Where did you buy everything?
I got the cage off of someone on Craigslist but it is zoo med and can be ordered or found in reptile or pet stores that carry reptile supplies. I got my Cham from Petsmart. I included links to many of the products shown in my video in the description. The stand is custom. Thanks!
where did u get ur Dome
what kind of plant is on the shelf in the white pot ?
An orchid!
Do you know the pump size of the mister kit?
I used the MistKing MKP-125-50. Hope that helps!
I have one too. His name is 🌟Rango🌟 and he is also a Veiled Chameleon. I have had him for a year now.
Awesome!
What pump did you use for the leaf drip. Cool set up.
Hey, pump came with the product - amzn.to/3o2jGUE
how did you take care his wasted?
Every other day I do a scan and remove it. Messy business but when you keep up with it you won't get overwhelmed. Thanks for the question!
High ground
Meal worms are horrible for them 😭
I agree that mealworms are not the most healthy food for a chameleon due to their high fat content. But as I say in the video, they are an excellent backup food source as they live a long time in a refrigerator and sometimes live crickets can be impossible to get. They are also a good occasional snack to add variety to their diet. I know there are lots of other good snacks as well. This is just a very convenient and always available one at my local pet stores.
@@LongLiveYourTurtle they are not a good snack for variety is what I'm telling you. There are other options like horn worms, super worms which live a long time as well, wax worms, dubia roaches, locusts, moths etc.
Great video! Absolutely, it's vital to emphasize that chameleons should never be fed moss, whether real or fake. Moss is not a suitable part of their diet and can indeed lead to serious digestive problems like impaction. Providing a proper, balanced diet of insects and the occasional fruit is essential for their health and well-being.
Is he still alive 😲??????
Apparently they have a base tray now for this enclosure. It's not that deep tho I don't think.
Thank goodness! It is strange it doesn't just come with it.
Will someone help me! Do I get a glass or screen cage for my chameleon :(
Screen, because they are susceptible to respiratory infections. You can also get a humidifier for the room. Also their reflection in the glass can cause them a lot of stress especially if it's a male and can even lower their lifespan.
@@kimberlydymek181 tysm!! Also how do I keep the heat in if it's screen?
Typically you would have your cage inside. The basking lamp should provide a heat gradient throughout the cage with the hottest point at the basking area. Just make sure the basking area temperature is correct. Otherwise the heat from the lamp should keep the remainder of the enclosure habitable. Just check temps around the cage.
@@LongLiveYourTurtle ttyl!! Have a blessed day
Tonight we dine on Turtle soup
MOSS IS NOT EDIBLE FOR CHAMELEONS! ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL HIM?
You got me on this one and it is definitely my bad for not looking into it further. I was recommended the moss branch from my local reptile store and he convinced me that it was edible and great at holding humidity. Only the latter is true. Luckily for me my chameleon does not eat it nor is he even curious about it. I would definitely suggest removing it if a chameleon were to eat it as it could lead to impaction/poor digestion.
So get a screen then cover it with plastic.... 🤷 So can just get a glass tank lol
I'm shocked at how expensive a screen enclosure is, I mean it's literally a large piece of screen that's it
Agreed. You could look into making your own to see if you could save money that way? You can customize it too if you are handy.
It's $120 now. How much was it when you checked?
@@ansnfbsknanssshshbsnsndnd5438 I'm not sure but that's still really expensive I ended up building something 3 times the size for about 50 dollars xD, it isn't worth it to buy any enclosures sadly they are all ridiculously priced I recommend just building one doesn't take a big brain to build a box with a door xD.
You are giving wrong information. Vieled chameleons need 25% to 50% max during the day or they get respiratory infections.
An average humidity of 50% is adequate and all sources I have seen agree. Fluctuations to higher and lower humidity throughout the day is natural to the chameleon. I agree that keeping the humidity too high on average could lead to RI.
Speak for yourself about doing research I'm really disappointed in this video and I hope no one listens to this
I accept all comments and criticism! Thank you for reviewing my video so thoroughly. I would like to say though, yes I did my research, have looked through online care sheets, forums and books but really all it comes down to is: is my cham living a long healthy life? From my observation and his health, yes. I addressed each of your specific concerns within each comment you left. Again, thanks for taking the time to comment!
That's disgusting dude. Recycling water all day every day? You know how much bacteria is in that? Not to mention pure laziness
As I mention in the video, I change the water frequently. I will change it immediately if I find any excrement or crickets in it. Having a backup water supply to ensure my chameleon is hydrated far exceeds the small risk that the water hosts bad bacteria between water changes.
Mercury bulbs are bad for them omg
The use of a mercury vapor bulb for chameleons is a tried and true method for countless chameleons owners. I understand there are disadvantages to these bulbs but I have kept a close eye on my cham to ensure that he is healthy. There are many different and maybe more optimal ways to set up chameleon lighting (individual UVB bulbs, halogen, etc) . I find that my method is effective, cheap and easy to maintain and many people would agree on the forums.
Please remove the plant dude not safe
Do not feed crickets to your chameleon....they are HIGH in phosphorus and contain almost ZERO calcium.....
No crickets? I have never heard of that. While you may be right about calcium, they are gut loaded with calcium fortified food and water and I powder them with a vitamin supplement. Where did you learn that they were a bad source of food?
@@LongLiveYourTurtle no matter how much calcium you add or how much you gutload Crickets are high in phosphorus which inhibits calcium uptake in the chameleon. In other words at a certain point they won’t be able to digest their food properly.
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@@ElevatedMethod crickets are bad for a chameleon lol you're smoking dope.
uwu
That’s a female
It's definitely a male chameleon :) Females have smaller casques and different color patterns.
O dear you are giving wrong advice to whoever is going to watch especially new chameleon owners 🤦🏻♀️
Always willing to learn, please let me know what you think I am doing wrong thanks!
Where did you get the acrylic sheets?
Home depot, Lowe's or most hardware stores!