what do i need for a veil chameleons?

Answer 1

1. Tall screen cage (about 24" or higher).
Do NOT put it in a glass aquarium. People who told you
to do so is ignorant. Air circulation is vital to its survival.
glass aquarium is fatal. To maintain humidity mist the
enclosure for 5 minutes (also this will be the chance of
the chameleon to drink)-> highly suggest not to put any
covering for the cage.

2. A thermometer and a hygrometer

3. UVB light and the clamp

4. Basking lamp and the clamp

5. Fake or real branches for it to climb (if you decide to use
real one, make sure it's not from toxic plant or it has been
sprayed pesticide)

6. Real plant !! (preferable!)
use ficus benjamina (weeping fig), Hibiscus, or Pothos.
do not use philodendron family as they are toxic.
When you first buy the plants (available at local nursery),
chances are they have been sprayed with heavy duty
pesticide and have fertilizer in the soil that can be fatal if
ingested by chameleon.
Below is the way to neutralize the plant:
a. in the bucket, make a soap solutions (anti bacterial)
b. invert the plant (heads down) swish the plant in the
solution vigorously. and let the bubbles stay on the
plant for 5 minutes. and Rinse all of it OFF later.
c. Change the soil with supersoil potting soil.

7. Miner-All, Repcal, herptivite

8. Crickets, fruit flies, and House flies culture (vary your
chameleon's diet to avoid hunger strike).
Gut load them first with healthy foods

9. Little dripper (or IV bag or a simple plastic cup with a hole
on the bottom). There should be a continuous running
water (a drop per second) that drops on the leaves. this is
how the chameleon drinks.

10. Water sprayer

11. a plate to catch all the water that drips from your plants

12. a tall slippery bowl to put your cricket in to avoid the
cricket from running wild in the cage and disturb/ bite the
chameleon at night

I think that's should cover your BASIC care.
sorry.. owning a chameleon is not easy and cheap.

Answer 2

A large enclosure, screened is best and you can cover 2-3 sides with plastic to help hold in humidity. They need a lot of ventilation. A heat basking bulb about 100F, a UVB bulb, lots of safe plants, fake plants, vines, sticks to crawl on. Mist daily or twice daily--they don't drink from water bowls. A drip cup at top will help provide drops to lick up and increase moisture. No loose substrate. A variety of insects (properly gutloaded of course). Most chameleons are "look at only" lizards, and too much handling stresses them. They are great though! Good info here:
http://www.flchams.com/
http://members.aol.com/Cool6180/veiled.html
http://www.chameleonnews.com/year2003/mar2003/calyptratus/veiled_faq.html