Common Ailments Overview and Prevention parasites that are harbored in fecal matter. If your chameleon wanders around in such an environment, the possibility of developing external infections is heightened. Also, the high amounts of water put into the enclosure makes this worse, and also causes air stagnancy, which can lead to respiratory infections. Cleaning your enclosure on a regular basis can easily get rid of such problems. Upon seeing fecal matter at the bottom of the cage or any other part of the cage, like on the leaves of plants, simply remove it with a paper towel. This will both reduce the amount of time is allowed for the material to fester and will make later regular full-cage cleanings easier. Regular full-cage cleanings should be done every week or every two weeks. This should involve moving everything out of the cage and bringing it outside. All dead leaves should be sprayed out of the cage, along with any remaining fecal material. Once this is done, the entire cage should be sprayed with a 1:1:10 bleach: Simple Green: water solution. The bleach