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i may be able to use a space 14 inches long 18 incches wide and 4 feet tall. what, if any chameleon could i put in this and if i can what speicies would you suggest for a new person to the hobby? how often should i feed them and how much should i feed them in one siting and how often should i supplament them?

Chameleons need an all screen cage in order to thrive. So if your space is an all screen cage rather than a tank then I would recommend a captive bred Veiled Chameleon first and a CB Panther Chameleon second. An adult chameleon will eat about 6 large crickets everyday. For an adult, I usually dust with calcium twice a week and use herptivite once every two weeks. If you get a baby or young chameleon, I use calcium every other day until they are 6 months old then twice a week from then on. I offer young Chameleons about 12 to 15 1/4" Crickets everyday.

are you sure that space is big enough for a veiled chameleon, don't they get pretty big, what are their heat, light and humidity requirments

I think that space is too small. Part of the problem is, a cage that restricted will make it hard to provide a range of humidity and temp that chams require, and you'll have a hard time finding bushy houseplants to fit in that space. Bigger cages almost always work better. The other problem is, almost all the smaller cham species are NOT beginner chams. Either we don't have as much decent keeping info available for them, or they won't be cbb. You don't want to start out with a wc animal as your first cham. I think I would work on getting a bigger space, then think about this again. There are articles on "beginner chams" on the resource links at the head of this forum that will give you some ideas. Thank you for thinking this out first!