🦎 Chameleon Shopping Checklist
Your reptile show shopping list
Getting ready for a chameleon? Check off your supplies before bringing one home!
🏡 Enclosure & Lighting
☐ Screen enclosure
- Adult panther or veiled: 24″ × 24″ × 48″
- Female panther and Juvenile: 16″ × 16″ × 30″ starter enclosure; plan for a larger enclosure as it grows
☐ Linear T5 HO UVB fixture + matching UVB bulb
☐ Basking heat bulb — 40w to achieve the correct basking temperature; use a heat-producing bulb, not an LED
☐ Reflecting dome lamp fixture — 5.5″, rated for your bulb
☐ Light timer — optional
💧 Water & Monitoring
☐ Hand mister, pump spray mister or automatic misting system
☐ Thermometer & hygrometer
☐ Humidifier/fogger — optional, for an appropriate cool nighttime setup
🦗 Food & Supplements
☐ Live feeder insects — appropriately sized for your chameleon
☐ Calcium without D3
☐ Calcium with D3
☐ Reptile multivitamin (Repashy Calcium Plus recommended)
🌿 Add Your Own
☐ Chameleon-safe live plants
☐ Natural branches — collect only where permitted, from areas free of pesticides; avoid toxic or resinous wood, clean thoroughly and secure firmly for climbing
Ready to build your setup?
Visit Chameleons Canada at the show. We’ll help you check your list and choose the right supplies for your chameleon.
