Live or fake plants???
Several people when beginning to keep chameleons buy plastic or silk plants thinking they’re clean, neat, low maintenence and easy to get for their chameleons. Fake plants do have those advantages, but have more serious disadvantages. Mainly, most veiled chameleons will bite at leaves and plants in their cages to get more moisture and variety in their diet. If a chameleon swallowed a piece of plastic or silk leaf it would be a serious health issue. Even if you’re not keeping veileds, any chameleon could accidentally eat a leaf or piece or plant by shooting it’s tongue at a food item and missing slightly and a loose leaf could come off and be eaten. Besides all that, live plants offer much needed humidity to a chameleon habitat and keep a nice supply of oxygen right there. A plant will also help to use up water that has been left by a drip or mist system, helping a little in the maintenance (draining) of the water.
