Hello all,

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I am getting my supplies list together for my first setup and wanted your advice. I am planning on setting up an XL reptibreeze enclosure for a veiled chameleon. I will list my setup ideas and the items I'm intending to buy below and would appreciate any advice you can give.

Lighting: I'm looking at a fixture that has 2 T5 bulbs. I am planning on switching one out for a reptisun 5.0 uv bulb and keeping the other as a 6500k bulb. I may also add an LED spotlight for plant growth.

Heating: Depending on how things go with the LED spot, (I may not need another heat source), I will use an 8" dome fixture with a 75 watt heat lamp bulb.

Gauges / controls: I will be using a digital indoor / outdoor thermometer / hygrometer with probe to measure basking area, ambient (at bottom of cage) and humidity. I will use a rheostat on the heat lamp and check the basking area with a temp gun to adjust it as needed.

Water: Planning on a drip system for drinking with a large water dish at the bottom of cage to collect the runoff. I want to get the zoomed "big dripper" but know that I may have to do some modifications to make it work correctly. I was planning on getting some airline hose and some control valves. I will be hand-misting daily also. If you have any input on where the dripper should drip that would be great. (does it need to hit a leaf or branch, or just fall straight down?

Plants / accessories: I will start off using fake vine and foliage along with some oak branches for climbing but will plan on purchasing a ficus or other large plant and potting in organic soil.. Ideally, I'd like to do maybe 2-3 potted plants in the enclosure.

Feeding: I have a large dubia colony that I already use to feed my tree frogs. I am hoping that will be a good main food source, along with supplemented worms and grubs. I use bowls to feed dubia out of for my frogs and will probably try to rig some sort of hanging bowl setup... with the plan to use a magnetized feeder once I can order one. I'd appreciate your thoughts, as I do not want to feed / use crickets and want to make sure there is a good way to feed dubia without them getting lost in the enclosure. I love the design of those feeders, but am not sure if dubia would climb on them.

I would love your advice on how to attach items (vines, branches, etc.) to the sides of the enclosure. I do have zip ties on hand, but don't want to use methods that will greatly damage it (if possible). I would also appreciate your advice on bins or substrate containers that would fit this enclosure.

Please let me know if I missed anything or if you have any additional advice... This will be my first chameleon, so I am very open to suggestions.

Thank you for your time and help!