Eye contact = aggression??

dropanuke

dropanuke

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My adult female Cham seems to become threatened whenever we lock eyes, meaning she puffs up and rocks back and forehand and has black spots, a month ago she couldn't wait to be handled and fed or so it seemed??

Why have things changed??
 
Usually when chams eyes both face forward, they are getting ready to eat or fight so some chams see it as a sign of aggression. I've heard closing one eye works sometimes, and it's worth a shot :)
 
Two focused eyes looks like you are a chameleon getting ready to eat, or to fight. Since we can't exactly rotate our eyes the same way, you can try closing an eye. It does seem to calm down some chameleons (but not all!)
 
bahahaha i could see myself trying this out ... and then have someone walk in and see me looking at my chameleon cock-eyed with one eye shut :D i bet that could be a kodak moment :p
 
Maybe the real reason is that they're so busy trying to figure out what the heck you're doing, that they forget to be mad, lol :D
 
And my Husband already think me crazy!

I could just see if he wandered in while I was trying to employ any of the aforementioned techniques! :eek: lol!
 
Sweet

Can't believe how much good feedback has come from this thread, thanks everyone, some cool ideas.

Random but does anyone have an idea on what a chams vision is?? Infrared?? Or perhaps the same as ours?
 
I have heard about the locking eyes bit before... I don't seem to have this issue with chams I have had for a while. With melleri it seems you can gauge their feeling of threat by how much they squint at you. a not squint is 'i am OK with you'.

I think she feels threatened in some way... she might even be gravid and more defensive?
 
What if not gravid??

summoner12 said:
I have heard about the locking eyes bit before... I don't seem to have this issue with chams I have had for a while. With melleri it seems you can gauge their feeling of threat by how much they squint at you. a not squint is 'i am OK with you'.

I think she feels threatened in some way... she might even be gravid and more defensive?
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For a while I thought she was gravid so I left a garden bucket full of soil in her cage behind plants for privacy and two months later she hasn't used it, the only way I can hold her is now by using locusts or the odd wax worm but without those it's become difficult. Would sun glasses block her from being threatened by my eyes??
 
Some chameleons reflect infrared light but I don't know if they see it or not.
They do see color however.

It could be that your female is reaching maturity and possibly non-receptive that's making her act that way.
 
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