baby cham makes weird dances

[CHAMaDdIcT]

Hi everyone, im new to this forum but i just got a baby veiled 4 days ago, and hes been doing fine, but today i misted him and then he moved to his basking spot and started doing a weird dance he was moving back and forth and opening his mouth, does anyone know what this means?

 

[Minihuey]

Hi everyone, im new to this forum but i just got a baby veiled 4 days ago, and hes been doing fine, but today i misted him and then he moved to his basking spot and started doing a weird dance he was moving back and forth and opening his mouth, does anyone know what this means?

Usually that is a sign of them being territorial. Nothing is wrong with it. He you will find that he will do that the majority of the time you intrude on his space.

Some rare occasions we will get chameleons that are sweet and nice but look at this as a sign of him being healthy.

Congrats on the new family member.

 

[Quantum Mark]

Hi everyone, im new to this forum but i just got a baby veiled 4 days ago, and hes been doing fine, but today i misted him and then he moved to his basking spot and started doing a weird dance he was moving back and forth and opening his mouth, does anyone know what this means?

They do it to mimic branches on the trees blowing in the wind. It's another form of camouflage. If you watch The Chameleons of Madagascar DVD which is for sale on the forums, you'll see that it's actually very accurate too =)

 

[jojackson]

Very likley it means he thinks your a huge predator that sprays water at its victims!
The odd dance is often referred to as 'The leaf dance', its done to mimic the movement of leaves (on swaying branches) in the wind. Its a camouflage defence when they are on the move.
Perfectly normal

Welcome to the forum

 

[Chameleonboy]

What are your temps where he is basking. It may be to hot for him.

-Clemonde

 

[CHAMaDdIcT]

ok thanks and also the basking temp is about 87-90

 

[laurie]

He sounds like a healthy happy veiled and you sound healthy also. Worrying about your cham is a good sign. We all do it. Welcome.

 

[chameleonman57]

My veiled does the same thing when I get to close.

 

[CHAMaDdIcT]

thanx for being so nice but i have another question whenever i feed him, i put the crickets in his cage and he goes after them and nails them off the side o the cage but lately, the crickets have been going in the soil of my ficus does anyone know how to stop this?

 

[laurie]

Try putting screen wire over the pot the ficus is in.

 

[chameleonman57]

You can make a feeder cup and attach it to the cage.

 

[CHAMaDdIcT]

i was thinking about that, but my cham (Xanthus) goes down to the soil sometimes to explore so is there another way?

 

[CHAMaDdIcT]

ok sounds good chameleonman57

 

[Chameleonboy]

ok thanks and also the basking temp is about 87-90

Seems like everything is fine keep up the good work.

-Clemonde

 

[Miss Lily]

The 'leaf walk' is a camouflage thing. The 'rocking' and gaping usually means really pissed off! I took a video of Amy eating a waxworm and I moved my thumb too quick and startled her! She did the rocking, chin puffed out and karate hands thing too - I had the full works! I was quite shocked - I'd never experienced a pissed off cham before - Lily (my first cham) was such a laid back happy girl!

Here's Amy doing her thing:


OMG! I'd forgotten just how tiny she was!

 

[CHAMaDdIcT]

thats a great video Amy looks like a good cham