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Is this a good (non-permanent) cage setup for a young chameleon?

Pictures:
http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh291/hahahappycat/Cage001.jpg
http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh291/hahahappycat/Cage004.jpg
http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh291/hahahappycat/Cage003.jpg

Im ordering an (approx 7 week old) ambilobe panther very soon. This wont be its permanent cage, its fairly small (about the size they sell them in at petstores) and his permanent cage for when he gets bigger is much larger.

Details:
Its a metal cage, mesh on three sides plus the top, and the top has two doors that open up. I was so lucky enough to get this for free from my teacher. Whats inside is a decorative tree that could be good for climbing, a log on the bottom that I know wont be of any use to the cham (its really just for floorspace and to look pretty), various fake plants, and lots of vines and twigs. Theres also a UVB lamp and a 75 watt basking light, along with heat and humidity thermometers and misting spray bottle.

My only other question is how old/big should he be before its time to move him to the large cage?

Looks good man, depending if he is very small (less than 3.5-4" body length) that might be slightly too large but he should be fine. I prefer keeping chameleons either with nothing on the bottom or newsprint, paper towels, something that wont be ingested by the animal when he strikes for prey and is very easy to clean out, since the less time u have mess around with the animal in cleaning the better. Just be sure to keep the UVB and calcium/vitamin supplementation up. looks good tho man i want an enclosure like that! good luck!