All male veilds mean?

[Djturna4thakidz]

I am in the market for a male veild and was at a local pet store. The owner told another client that veilds all had a mean disposition. I didn't believe it, but just curious, do people on here have male veilds that are semi-friendly?

 

[nightanole]

Its called teenage veiled syndrome. Your 3-4 month bundle of joy that would hand feed and come running to you when you get home, turns into a 9 month old color changing box of evil. Normally this just happens for 2 sheds, but the personality change can be permanent for adults.

Out of the 5 ive raised or helped raised, none were nasty after at a year old. But some can be nasty adults. Ill let some of the higher volume folk speak up, but i would not hesitate to get a male based on a chance, but that is my opinion.

 

[camimom]

my male veiled is semi friendly.

he has days where he hates me and wants nothing to do with me
and days where he tolerates me..
its all about the cham.

 

[MollyT]

I don't have a lot of experience, but wanted to chime in. The woman I got my male veiled from said that my baby cham's dad is a friendly guy and that many of his male babies are friendly as well.

 

[Djturna4thakidz]

Thanks for the feedback. I assumed as much. I am such an animal lover and never let the chance of getting an ill tempered Cham slow me down. Here we call that personality

 

[camimom]

i have 5 chams.
Kink my male veild, is the moody one, sometimes i hold, sometimes he bites at me.

my female veiled, Lily, hates me. she always bites at me.

my two panthers,, love me, as does my hoe.

 

[ChamHoudini]

I can't get my male off me as soon as he grabs me. He really just wants to hang out on my shoulder like all day if he could.

 

[Psychobunny]

Mine is pretty tame, for a cham.

 

[fluxlizard]

OK- this is just a silly rant of a post- but its kind of bugging me the past couple of days how people are forcing chameleon emotion into their human box.

Personally I try not to think of their behavior in terms of "mean" and "he hates me". Those terms just aren't true for what the lizard is experiencing. If the lizard feels a need to threaten you, it has nothing to do with it being mean or hating you.

It is just doing what it does in response to a percieved threat.

IF YOU can figure out how to convince the lizard that you aren't a threat, or if the lizard figures it out by itself, it will stop behaving this way.

If you can't- either because it is impossible for you to figure your lizard out or because it is impossible for your lizard to figure you out, it will simply continue to behave in a manner appropriate to a threat when you approach it.

After all, you are a really humongously gigantic and very often titanic you wants to poke it and prod it, possibly to see if Chammy is something you would like for breakfast at the moment for all Chammy knows.

But that does not make the lizard mean and the lizard is not experiencing hatred towards you. Nor does it mean he "likes" you if he isn't threatened by you.

End of rant---


That said- some tame down nicely, some do not and some have limits of comfort with their personal space somewhere in between. I've had many that will hand feed and happily go to the front of the cage when approached hoping excitedly for a food item, but do not wish to be touched at all, for example.

 

[jannb]

My male veiled Luie is and has sways been the sweetest and friendliest chameleon you could ever meet. He free ranges in my home and I have interacted with him daily for over 5 years.

 

[ferretinmyshoes]

My veiled thinks I'm the devil come alive to murder him so his goal is to take me out first.

 

[nightanole]

My veiled thinks I'm the devil come alive to murder him so his goal is to take me out first.

one of the other forums members said during the handle thread " My chams hate me, I respect that"

 

[Miss Lily]

I have only had the one male Veiled. He was about 18m - 2 years old when I got him. He had been passed around through several different homes and owners before I got him. I was his 5th owner. Yet, after all the upheaval and adjusting that boy had to do in his short life, he never once tried to bite or saw me as a threat. The chap I got him from saud he had been bitten by the cham before. I think if you respect them and reassure them with your actions then they will accept that you are not a threat.

Having said that, they are all different - they have their likes and dislikes and their own personality just as we do. My friend's male often tries to bite her if she gets too close, yet when I visit he will let me hold him quite happily.

 

[houseofchameleons]

I have the sweetest chameleons I have 10 5 different species and 9 of them are nice we have a female veiled we haven't spent much time with so she's a little aggressive the others are super friendly also have a couple of them that you can't walk by their tree without them grabbing you I believe what you put in is what you get out if they know you love them in your not going to hurt them if they don't feel that there not in any competition food or love they have their own space they are friendly but the same with dogs if you tie them up in the backyard and ignore them they're mean my experience the same with chameleons I recently rescued a little flap neck 2 weeks ago now she won't stay in her treat she's always looking for me walks right on to my hand and doesn't move

 

[ferretinmyshoes]

Your 3-4 month bundle of joy that would hand feed and come running to you when you get home, turns into a 9 month old color changing box of evil.

Haha! This is my favorite quote of the week!

 

[lisagr07]

I have to say my Stanley is one of the sweetest guys ever, second only to Jannb's Luie, but that stands to reason... Luie is Stanley's dad,, so he comes by it naturally!!! He'll sit quietly for hours on my shoulder, he loves to be held and talked to, even if he can't hear me!!

 

[BocaJan]

I have a sweet fella also, that has never hissed, bit or in anyway been nasty. We have always treated him with gentleness and respect and many days he wants to come out and free range. Some days he prefers to stay in his cage and we can respect that so we leave him alone with his thoughts as he looks out the window. We have another fella who is just like him. Merlin the Magnificent and Spike are two very special fellas that are a never ending source of pleasure.

We have a 3 month old male that we are bringing up as a pet/breeder who is learning even at a very small size that we are not to be feared. We feed them all kale by hand, and I give them worms which they love. They are dainty when they shoot. LOL

 

[lovepicasso]

I just got my cham last Sat. and the girl told me that he is one of a few from the same father and all have been very sweet.....my Picasso hasn't tried to bit us nor has he turned any dark shade of color, he has stayed a really beautiful color.

 

[MollyT]

OK- this is just a silly rant of a post- but its kind of bugging me the past couple of days how people are forcing chameleon emotion into their human box.

I know my little guy doesn't really 'hate' me, and I think it's safe to say that most of the other people that had threads with similar titles understand that concept as well. Titles that simply say 'my cham hates me' sound better than 'my chameleon thinks I want to eat him' or 'my chameleon views me as a predator'. JMO

 

[fluxlizard]

Yah- I didn't mean to pick on you. I was just venting