Here is a picture of Bones:



The picture was taken through the screen with a crappy camera. The colors are right, just sort of washed out. I tried for a picture with the screen open but he high-tailed it.

Anyway, this is how he looks all the time. When he was a baby he was green but had markedly intense spots. As he got older he started to pick up more and more of this salmon color and then eventually turned into this rich chocolaty color. He turns bright green when he sleeps. He turned almost completely yellow once when one of my larger snakes started to take an interest in his cage!

I've never seen a picture of a veiled like this so I'm curious if he's a different sub-species or what...

He certainly is unique. Have you tried showing him a mirror to see what he looks like "fired up"? I would be intrested to see what he looks like......

definatly a military camouflage coloring.

he looks cool. try to lure him out on a branch and when he isn't lookin snap a few photos.

wow - a mirror. I never thought of that but it makes perfect sense. Funny thing about chams, eh? They look incredible when they're upset!

I'll get some better pictures tomorrow w/o a screen!

odd colouring but how luvly looking i've put my male veiled infront of a mirror before by accident and well lets just say he wasnt happy.....at all lol he did go some really cool colours and had some luvly markings on him though if i do it again i'll try and get some photos

I like him lucky you.

If he's showing brighter colors at night, he's stressing during the day. My big male did this for almost 2 years before he "relaxed" and started showing bright colors all day.

A move into a higher cage also helped.

Try is setting his cage up as high as possible.

Do you find that he brightens up when he's eating? If so, it may just be beacuse he's young - they go through a "Brown phase" sometimes before being fully grown.

My year olds are all going through that now.

Thats not really true. Chameleons do become brighter at night.

Most chameleons have a sleep coloration, which in the case with veileds, is usually their relaxed color. When stressed, they will only show this color at night - when they're not stressed.

Often, the sleep color is brighter - but not always - than their normal colors. When showing a drastic difference - like this one - it's usually a stress color. Try letting him roam free for a few minutes, in a large tree in the house - odds are he'll brighten up.

The real trick is getting a cage that is safe and small enough to keep in your house, while at the same time keeping the animals happy and bright. My big male hated reptariums, and only relaxed in a cage if it was several feet up off the floor.

Most of the time chams get brighter at night thats why in the wild in africa and madegascar etc they look for them at night with torches.