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I need some in-fo on fischers chameleon this includes:

Care Sheets
Caging Requirements
Feeding
Temperature Humidity Requirements
Temperment
Any other info

thanx
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0.2 Cats (Moora and Twitch)
0.1 Dogs (Maria)
soon to be 1.0 Panther Chameleon (Yoda)

I had to spend about 6 months finding information on Fishers. lol There doesn't seem to be any one good care sheet (that I know of).

Basically they need the same temp, water, and set up of a Jackson. But seem to prefer slightly higher humidity and cooler temp (around 70-75, basking around 80-85)

Also they love to have tons and tons of plants in their cage. I put one large dense plant in the center, vines around the mid/outside, and plants attached to the sides where they'd fit.

Because the plants are packed in, good idea to get 2 UVB lamps. One on top and one going down the side.

Feeding is again similar to Jacksons. Very light on supplimenting. They can be a very picky eater too. Some like variation all the time. Mine only liked crickets mostly. And horn worms, loved those. Oh and mantids. Went nuts over those guys. Just try different things and see what he likes.

Mine was a very mellow cool guy. 98% of time would come over when feeding and just chill out on my hand. Only got fired up at me once (was trying to get him to the vet and he was having none of it).

Here's a pic on the set up I had. I did change it shortly after this pic to make it more dense with plants, mainly a bigger one in the center

There are no good care sheets that I know of. You need to know which of the several subspecies you have, as the species group originates from a wide area that has differences in temp and humidity. Almost all for sale are wc, so be ready to test for and treat parasites multiple times. Most are pretty shy but that can vary. All mine were shy and didn't enjoy handling. Some are very quick and hard to handle. Very basically, a jax setup with a lot more space, a lot of foliage for hiding, cooler and more frequent cycles of high humidity (not constantly high or you will have mold and air quality trouble). Light supplementation...for a jax and then reduce the vitamin dusting to once a month at most. My fischeri loved anything that flew, so learning to raise houseflies will help a lot. Don't just gather wild flies...we all know what nasty things they eat. Catch night-flying moths with a porch light too. There is some care info in Petr Necas' book "Chameleons; Nature's Hidden Jewels" and more detailed descriptions of the habitats the subspecies come from. You can probably get this great book from Kammerflage Kreations. Kammerflage has bred some of the fischeri, so they may also have some specific info for you.