First, you won't be able to keep these two together all the time. In fact, the female may be gravid already if she's been with males. Chams just don't do well kept together due to stress. That cage won't house more than one. Forget the dish...they won't use it, it won't raise air humidity much, and it will drown feeders and be a soup of fecal bacteria. There may not be a lot of specific keeping info for gracefuls, but there are good cham care articles that will get you started. Go to www.chameleonnews.com, www.adcham.com, Chameleon Care and Information Center, plus the sites at the head of this forum for decent information. Gracefuls originate in a wide variety of habitats so it may be hard to set them up just like their wild climate. Almost all gracefuls are wc or possibly captive hatched from a wc female. Don't trust that they understand about the dripper. Many chams just don't use them reliably. Plan on hand spraying the cage a couple of times a day with warm/hot water. Live bushy plants will work better than fakes. They will release humidity, hold droplets of spray water longer, help with air quality, and are safer if a cham decides to chew the leaves. Gracefuls can be very shy, so plan to fill the cage with foliage to give them security. Larger cages offer a better range of temp and humidity. If you have forced air heat and AC in your house you may need to add a humidifier to maintain relative humidity above 40%. Temps should drop at least 10 degrees at night. No lights at night...chams see the full color spectrum and night lights will keep them awake. Plan to have fecals done to check for parasites...not once, but at least 2 times over a month or two. Rapidly growing chams (up to 1 year) need calcium at least 2 times a week and vitamin dust about twice a month. After 1 year reduce the calcium to once a week (unless you have a gravid or egg laying female) and vitamins once a month to 6 weeks. Don't rely on dusts to keep nutrition balanced. Most dusts are easy to overdose. Use a good gutload and only use dusts as a gap filler. A good gutload recipe is given on the ADCHAM site. This is just a quick list of ideas...go to the websites above and feel free to ask questions, OK?

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