Enclosure Feedback Desired

[tretocephalus]

I am posting a few pics of my veiled chamelion enclosures. The larger one is for housing 2-3 females (I currently only have 1) and the smaller one is for the male and breeding. The female enclosure has either a wandering jew and a ficus with some fake vines and one fake limb, or a pothos and a ficus with some fake vines and one fake limb. The male enclosure has a fake vine and a large ficus or a fake vine, a small ficus, and a wandering jew. I would like to hear back from the cham community if these are comprable to successful setups you have seen or if they need some work. As a watering system I use a drip on both and the female reptarium has a small fountain in the bottom corner.
The picture in this post is the female 175 gal reptarium with a ficus and a wandering jew. Please remember I am a herp lover, not a photographer.
Thanks

 

[tretocephalus]

additional pic

This is a another picture of the female enclosure but with the pothos instead of the ficus/wandering jew.

 

[tretocephalus]

This is a picture of my male enclosure w/ the large ficus

 

[elago]

Man,

I think your setups turned out fantastic Mike! The 175 reptarium is especially beautiful, plenty of room and greenery... Looks great! -Eric Lago *MS Reptilian Hobbyists*
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[JasonDescamps]

They look pretty good. I'd get rid of the fountain though. They are just bacteria breeding grounds and do little for humidity or drinking water.

 

[tretocephalus]

Thanks

Thanks for the input guys. The fountain is gone as of today. I was just looking for an excuse to get rid of that cricket corpse collector as it was. I do have one more question however. As I live in an upstairs apartment and keep my chams on the deck as the weather permits - should I worry about runoff from the roof dripping into the reptariums?
Thanks again

 

[JasonDescamps]

Possibly. If the roof is pretty old then I wouldn't worry too much, however if it is a new roof then I might try to divert some of the water.

 

[elago]

My suggestion,

Is that you put the chams out to avoid the runoff. If your deck is wide enough, just move them a little to avoid the dripping from the roof. The rain's fine (heck, my chams love it), and I agree with the above post that it's probably not an issue or having the H2O hit them from the roof, BUT you never know, and why even take the chance? I prefer not to play roulette with the animals, just for peace of mind I would just move them out a foot if possible to avoid the runoff. And PS Mike, that gravid female is GORGEOUS man, looks super fat and happy . Hope you've enjoyed your chameleon experience thus far, they're really neat animals. -Eric Lago *MS Reptilian Hobbyists*
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[tretocephalus]

first gravid female

This is a picture of my first gravid female. So in roughly 8-9 months I should have another thread to post about care of babies - lol. Thanks for all the info. The reptariums are now safely out of all but the splash zone from the roof.