Hi Lindsey, I’ve sent you an email. You’re probably already doing this but misting should be done during the day and it should be a strong dosing of water that runs copiously off the leaves for several minutes. If possible, do this twice a day.

Hi Monique, thanks for a good question. I’m not familiar with the two lights you’ve mentioned. However, I only ever used 5.0 UV lights. From my experience and research, if you’re keeping your Veiled outdoors for a couple of hours each day, they should get sufficient UV, especially in areas like Mpumalanga. The same wouldn’t necessarily be true if you were in a northern temperate zone like the UK or parts of the US. If the weather is bad for a day or so, there would be no need to supplement with UV. If the weather is poor for longer (too hot, too cold etc), then I aways used a 5.0. If you use a 10.0 (or 8.0) I would suggest putting the light slightly further away. If you look at the chart on the blog, you will see that the strength of the UV falls off dramatically with the distance from the light.
Like all advice, this is given based on normal circumstances. I assume that if they are outside, the chameleons are positioned sensibly: neither in direct sunlight without good shade if they need it or in dark shade so they can’t sun themselves.
The situation would be slightly different if it was a juvenile Veiled as its growing speed would need more UV, but that also depends on how much and how often you feed it. Aiming for slow and steady growth with Veiled is the best way. Overfeeding will often result in problems even with good UV.
Please send an email if you want to discuss this further.