A couple of questions first: is this a baby or juvenile jax? Is your setup a glass tank or a cage?



If it is a juvenile that size is OK, but you might eventually want something bigger. Bigger cages give you more options for the thermal and humidity gradient. A solid sided (glass or plexi) won't work for older juveniles or adults. The glass can create reflections of the cham and stress it out. Also, chams don't understand why they can't walk through the glass and can spend hours pawing at it.



Basking. That temp is OK, don't go hotter. But, it is safer to be on the low side and have the cham bask a bit longer to reach "operating temp". Put a couple of perches at different heights so he can choose. You may have to adjust this in winter if the room temp is cooler. If your room can't cool off more than this you may have to run a small AC, cool mist humidifier, or fan blowing over some blue ice packs to cool the cage down farther. You could put a pile of blue ice packs around one area of the cage and set a fan on low to move the chilled air into the cage.



Humidity. More plants will help with this. Drippers don't do much to raise humidity, but your cool mist humidifier will. Channeling it into the cage is great...works well and saves the humidifier unit from moisture damage.



I didn't hear anything about a UV light. What are you planning to use? A ReptiSun 5.0 is a good choice for a jax as it doesn't produce a lot of heat. Brands are important...most don't produce the same amount of useable UV as ReptiSun.



I'd hang the feeding dish in the foliage. Use a larger dish than you think you need. Sometimes small cups worry chams who don't like hitting their tongues on hard surfaces. Also the insects will be more active and visible.

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