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why do chameleons change colour as they eat mine goes bright greens is this an emotional response to food. I cant fnd any studies on behaviour stimulating colour chage and i need info for a assignment

hey im getting really stressed with an assignment im doing on chameleon behavior, i have a veiled chameleon and i watch him but im supposed to describe the natural behaviors they do through the day. Can anyone list the simple behaviors they do? for example basking, walking eating ect, i have to...

Here i am again bugging everyone for help with my behavioral project. I am going to study my chameleon for 2 hours per day one in a morning one on an evening for ten hours in total. The aim of my study is to observe the natural colour change in relation to Behavior, to look into why they are...

I just got back from a funeral i had to be away for 4 days my chameleon had to be left, he is absolutely fine, however i noticed the uv bulb wasnt on and they had been left on a timer the basking lamp was on, so i checked and the bulbs blown but it gets worse it checked the fixture and its one...

HI please don't everybody think im an awful owner but im going away tommorow and will be back tues so i will be away for 4 days, I have bought timers for the lights, i live in the uk so power cuts are rare. I have got a waterfall just to use whilst im away for the 4 days, i know they are...

Just wondering if you are going to be on of the lucky ones and have a charm that walks on to the hand and doesn't seem to mind handling, are they like it straight away or has it still taken time? I ask because ive had my new veiled peetree since Sunday and he doesn't like being handled but he...

Hi everyone so since we are all here mainly because we love chameleons, find them super interesting and i would imagine with all the people on here there will be quite a good collective amount of knowledge on chameleons. So i study an animal behavior degree in the uk and we have to do a...

hi i need an automatic mister but cant afford a expensive one, would the little mist makers/foggers provide enough for a chameleon to drink?

can anybody give me any links or information on the chameleon reproductive structure and function in the male and female as in the sex organs ans how they work, im going insane trying to find info and have been googling for hours :(

Hi I brought my little veiled man home on Sunday, ive named him peetree, I am happy and have had moments of excitement but as he is my first chameleon and reptile Im mainly stressing like a first time mum, he seems to be acting normally but the only thing that is concerning me is so far he...

Hi well ive just about set up the enclosure and ive got my lighting just about sorted but im worried about the bamboo sticks ive put in, ive secured them the best i can but i found it really difficult in the screen cage, ive used wire plastic tie things, but im worried they wont hold when the...

I should be having fun dressing up my new enclosure and theres lots of it to dress up, i got an extra large zoo med screen cage, but im to busy stressing if it is right for when i get my little man who i am getting maybe monday or maybe sooner hes going to be a veiled and ive named him peitre...

does it matter where the heat/uvb are in the enclosure mines on top obviously but can in be near the front or should it be at the back? or does it not matter? i ask because my lamp fixture came today :) its a deep dome zoo med double fixture so holds 2 bulbs :)

So I was really excited to get my eclosure and i ordered an extra large screen zoo med because i wanted the best for my charm but it got here today and its so big i feel too big, im in a one bed apartment and it takes up the whole room :( not only that but i got a screen enclosure and im worried...

Hi I am at the exciting point of buying all the equipment for my future chameleons enclosure, ive ordered the enclosure,light fixture, bulbs and vines but im looking at thermometers and wanted to know which you think is the best, i was looking at a 2 in 1 thermometer and hydrometer but its one...

Hi everyone, so I have been reading up for a good while now and everyone here is so helpful, the info on this website is really helpful, it is getting closer to January when I will be starting to get my enclosure and lighting ect. for the veiled I will eventually choose but I am still a little...

Does any body on here who is from the uk know of any breeders of veiled chameleons in hull or nearby because even though im not looking at purchasing a chameleon until January, I am struggling to find where I will get him from, there are pet shops around me that sell reptiles but the 2 that do...

Hi I was wondering does anybody know if chameleons get attached to one person? Ive heard people say snakes get attached to people, do chameleons? :)

Hi everyone I am new to this forum and i dont really know how theses work very well or if im posting in the correct place. I have lots of questions il tell you a bit about me. I live in England(not sure if theres loads of people from different places on here) I am at uni studying animal...