Anyone else got a sadistic lil guy?

[GrilledCheese]

Is anyone else’s chameleon a little sadist or just mine? I’ve come to the discovery that it’s not just movement that motivates my Cham to eat, it’s best if they struggle a little too.

Ive known that he’s not a fan of cup feeding. He likes to let the food escape his cup to go chase them. But this felt different.

I’ve recently gotten him crickets but I got sent the wrong size, ended up being bigger than his recommended but I tried feeding him anyways. While watching him eat to make sure he didn’t choke, I started noticing him watching them struggle trying to get out of the cup before munching on them with gusto. And then he’d do it again each time I’d add another cricket to his cup. Didn’t go straight for the cricket once, he’d watch them struggle for a good while before eating them.

Brushed it off as his looking at new food, but he practically REFUSED to eat the new crickets that were appropriate for his size when they were jumping all over his cup. Even when they settled down he refused to even look at them. Then he was so excited to see a cup of dusted fruit flies struggle to get out of another cup afterwards!

He’s not attracted to movement, he’s attracted to others fear That’s the skin of a sadist, Bella (don’t mind his skin, we’re shedding).

 

[Beman]

question... are you 100% sure you have a male? By your other thread baby should be 5 months now... This one has an extremely low profile casque for a 5 month old male. This is much more typical of a female. I can't see tarsal spurs to give you a confirmed gender...

 

[GrilledCheese]

question... are you 100% sure you have a male? By your other thread baby should be 5 months now... This one has an extremely low profile casque for a 5 month old male. This is much more typical of a female. I can't see tarsal spurs to give you a confirmed gender...

Should be hitting the 5month mark this week. Vet said he was a boy and I think I see a spur but now I’m concerned about the crest size. He had parasites last appointment and we should be having a fecal this week to see if the medicine worked. Now I fear they lived and they’ve been eating what was meant for him

 

[MissSkittles]

I see definite spurs, but crest size and coloring patterns say female. This was my Hammlet as he was growing, so you can compare. His male coloration and patterns began just as he was around 3 months.

2 months old. His patterns are barely visible. Casque is small, like an adult females.


3 months old. Patterns clearly defined, colors starting. Casque still rather small and could pass for female sized.


4 months old. Everything is growing and changing.


5 months old. Colors and patterns well defined, even at rest. Casque not yet fully grown, but no mistaking for female anymore.