It is very important to provide veiled chameleons with water on a regular basis. Veiled chameleons will not drink from a standing dish of water. The best way to provide chameleons with drinking water is to have a dripper, which can be store bought or made at home. The easiest and cheapest dripper is a cup with a small hole in the bottom. Fill the cup with luke warm water, and place it on top of the enclosure so it drips into the enclosure, try to set it to it drips on to a leaf and cascades down the plants. Veiled chameleons will drink the water right off the leaf. Some companies sell drippers with a flow control, and usually run around $10 but making one yourself works just as well. Be careful with drip systems though, as they can make water gather at the bottom if you do not have proper drainage.

A great alternative to a dripper is misting. Just take a small spray bottle and set it to shoot a thing mist out, and spray down the enclosure with warm water, this raises the relative humidity and provides drinking water for the chameleon.

The relative humidity in the enclosure should be kept around 50-60% most of the time, and this can easily be accomplished by misting 2-3 times throughout the day. Make sure the enclosure is dry before bedtime though, you do not want a cold wet cage at night.

A combination of misting and a dripper usually works best for most chameleons.