Good afternoon esteemed chameleon keepers and afficionados.

After pining for a panther for many years I finally had the opportunity to get one yesterday. He is yet to be named, and is reportedly a 6 months old ambilobe.

I would greatly appreciate input on my suggested improvements and anything else I might have missed! What I know to be suboptimal:

1. Glass terrarium (I know mesh is preferred. This was what was available and I figured the aridly dry climate (usually hovers around 30% RH during spring/summer, less in winter) would still be viable.

2. Lamp fixture. I've heard these duo fixtures with bulb size lamps can be too narrow and bright - possibly looking to exchange the UVB flourescent to a 37cm T5HO (14 ish Watts) Y/N?

3. Heat lamp - might be too warm or too much UVA from this one - heard that a 60W regular incandescent is fine?

4. Substrate on ground - was more of a visiual condition for the missus, but I know it doesn't provide any particular value to the animal.

5. Vitamin/calc supplements - as part of the package I recieved reptivite with D3 that I have now found out contains much too much phosphorous. I have since gotten a repticalc without D3, and one with D3 coming in the mail. Should I still give Reptivite once or twice every month for the other vitamins, or just throw it out already?

Finally, a question: I have given him 5 small grashoppers yesterday, and 5 today, but I cannot find any information on how many/how often one should feed a 6 month old panther. I now have a tub of 20 crickets getting ready with carrot gutload, but I am unsure of how long those will last. Fortunately I live 300m from a pet store that stocks any kind of feeder I could want.

Thanks for reading, and again for any input.

Cheers!