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I've had my two veileds for about a month, they're both still young (3-4 months) so they see me as a major threat. The male has hissed and bit at me, flared up his beard and colors once. Female is coming along a little better. One thing I'll never do again is open my mouth around them. I...

For some reason, this morning the colorful guy was showing his spurs MUCH clearer. Thanks for the help, guys. Cheers.

Yeah it was gorgeous, and he went back to plain green with faint bars when he calmed down. I hope it doesn't only happen when he's mad! (see angry face above)

He has what look like they MIGHT be the BEGINNINGS of tiny spurs, but not significant enough to be sure. I thought that was just one way to sex them. I don't really want to wait until the crest grows in more to know.

Bump. Can anybody answer the above questions?

That's what I'm thinking! He is more aggressive and has puffed-out his throat and bit already..I've definitely kept handling to a minimum and followed all guidelines as far as correct chameleon handling goes (approach slowly, let them climb on to your hand, handle as little as possible, etc)...

The one showing off his/her colors/patterns like that, is that more typical of a young male or young female veiled? The other has been more mild-mannered and has never flared up like that. Healthy, but not showing patterns/colors like that!

Can you sex these two veileds? One is showing brilliant colors because he (I hope he) is mad I accidentally woke him up, They should be about 3 months old. (I say "oh my God" at the end of one of the videos because his/her colors are so awesome) Chameleon 1...

How do you feed them?

This is a video of my not-quite-finished enclosure. I'll post another to this thread when its finished. Its cheap and very sturdy. Bottom line- if you're willing to DIY, here is a great plan with a big live plant and solid size for a younger/smaller-breed chameleon. Right now, it's for a young...

Yeah they don't look good. If you buy them, on one hand - you are rescuing them from sure death, on the other hand - you're supporting a parasitic pet store trade that routinely under-cares for chameleons and is likely responsible for many dead chameleons. If you buy those, they'll just buy...

The male has a hanging screen cage with a fake plant, the female's cage has a live plant with access to dirt for digging. Building it as we speak Ugh...didn't know they could mate this early. Would it kill her if she had a clutch this early? The bulbs are 8" away from the top of the cage

I was told they're fine to be housed together up to 5 months. The cage is huge and they don't pay each other any mind. They're given about 16 crickets a day and they eat an equal amount. The basking light is 100w (safe distance from the cage) and the UVB is 10.0 (the screen is black and thick...

I have a male and female together in a large hanging screen enclosure. They're 3 months old, but the plan is to give the male to my dad in two weeks (he loves chameleons, but we couldn't afford pet store prices, so I raised a baby for two months and "Bowser" will be his B-day present)...

I have a ficus tree in my chameleon's enclosure. While it was outside, it looks like some mint made its way into the pot and is now growing pretty aggressively. I cant imagine my Veiled will be hurt by such a harmless herb, but I'd like to check with you guys to make sure. :confused:

Thanks guys!

I'm surprised this hasn't come up more, but how do you protect your walls from the humidity/misting near and around your chameleon's cages? The walls of the cage are screen, so naturally mist travels through them and into the air and onto the room walls around the cage. I rent, and I've seen...

I have a potted ficus plant that would be perfect for the new cage I'm building for my female Veiled. It's been outside for a few weeks and I'd like to bring it back in for the cage. I was planning to spray soapy water on the foliage, followed by a through rinse. Anything I can do for the dirt...

I'm just not sure how you'd keep the chameleons from getting near the HPS bulbs. Plants are supposed to be kept at least 12" from a 250w. I'd imagine you'd need a 1,000 watt for a room that size. That'd fry anything that came within two feet of it.

I have a High Pressure Sodium light (250 watts) that puts out about 27,000 lumens of red-spectrum light. These are used to grow indoor plants are are supposed to be the closest thing to real sunlight. My thinking is this would be about as good as it gets for a cham. Am I wrong?