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Anonymous
I had some recently, and they died, and I'm no pet n00b. I also say go with Anoles. Don't keep them in glass/acrylic tanks. They're reflection stresses them out. Here's a good set up for a veiled chameleon.
Screen enclusure with a hybiscus plant at the bottom. They like to munch of hybiscus flowers. If the plant doesn't have drainage, put it in a pot with clay balls or gravel at the bottom, and then UNFERTILIZED soil. They drink water by licking droplets of the leaves (not a water dish), so I suggest either an automated sprayer/mister, using a spray bottle daily, or some sort of drip system. Give a basking section with a heat lamp. You want some parts of the habitat to be warmer/cooler than others so they can move around and regulate their body heat. I also suggest using calcium/vitamin powder on the insects you feed them and/or gutloading them.
Get just one. Several will stress them out (although pygmy chameleons do well in communities and they're adorable). If you intend to breed, house them together until they're ATLEAST 6 months old, and that's pusing it...
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