(i posted this in the other chameleon section on mistake, thought I would repost it here)



I am not a reptile noob, just new to chams. I current house a 4foot green Iguana, 5foot boa, and 2 red ear slider turtles.



I purchased a Jacksons chameleon and have asked the seller to not ship it till mid next week. I wanted to have the time to set up the cage, and to try a few things out with heat, and humidity levels. Well today I got to setting things up. The cage is think might be kinda on the small side(36"tall, 20" wide, 12" deep) And at the moment all that is in there is 2 ficus plants. One on the floor, and the other staggered up on a 50CD spindle cover. Currently I have a 40watt bulb resting ontop of the screen. 4" from the top of the cage Directly under the bulb it hit 91deg. At the bottom of the cage opposite corner that the lamp is on its at 76deg. With the lamp off right now both are at 75deg. My questions about heating are.....



is 91 to high for a basking spot?

and is 75 to warm for a night time temp, and if it is how do I manage to get it colder then when my room temp is?



Now about humidity level. This will be tomorrows task. It was 45% in the empty cage, once I added the ficus its uptoo 50%. I know that's still way to low. So I have a few options at my disposal. I have a dripper(is the dripper used more for a water source), a cool mist humidifier(witch might help with my low temp problem). I will used the humidifier externally and channel it into the top of the cage using custom PVC ductwork.



Then the last big problem I am thinking about is feeding location. Should a feeding dish be suspended in "mid air" or can it be on the bottom?



I think that's all I have for now. ANY kinda input and suggestion would help out a TON! I have looked threw the forum, the gallery, and google. But non of the setups I have looked at say what kinda chameleon its for.



Thanks in advance!

soon to be new cham owner.

YaY

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