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I recently aquired a 3 month old male veil chameleon and he doesnt sem to like his cage. It is in a screen cage with plenty of greenery and has a light on the top that give him heat and he gets uv rays with another light during the day. It seems whenever he is in his cage tho, he turns dark brown with som black dots. I have a ficus tree in the house and I put him in there sometimes and he turns nice and green. I was wondering if anyone knew why he reacts like this towards his cage and what I should do about it.

Thanks
Chris

Please list the exact and complete specs of your setup, in detail, so we can help you. Something in or around the cage is stressing him.

this means lighting brands, specs & duration, temperature, humidity, watering method(s), feeding, supplementing, the setting around the cage (is there a mirror near the cage? are there other pets around?) what kinds of plants, dimensions of the cage, substrate, cage material/screen type, and anything else you can think of.

Hey, I have a question about your comment about mirrors. I have a mirror about 5 ft. away from my jackson's cage. Is that something that could stress them out? I heard that chameleons can't see themselves but I could be wrong. It's never really been an issue for me.

how do you make the image smaller so it doesn't take up the entire page??