So the other day my roommate and I were sitting in the living room. My roommate was sitting on a little couch next to the chameleon cage, and was sitting sideways on it so that her face was at the far end of the couch but facing the chameleon cage.
We were sitting there, both on our computers, when suddenly she asks me "Ashley, whats wrong with the chameleon? He's been staring at me"
I look up and my cham was standing on a vine, BRIGHT green all puffed up literally staring at my roommate. Then he stood up tall on his legs and started swinging back and forth making the vine shake violently. He looked like a monkey, and it was hilarious yet puzzling. Weve had the chameleon since last january, and my roommate sits in this same couch in the same way all the time and this has never happened.
I stood up and walked to the cage and he looked away from her and to me and calmed down a bit. She then stood up and walked over and he blew up again and started shaking on the vine once more.
It was then we realized that she was wearing a neon green shirt. We wondered if perhaps the shirt was making him believe she was another chameleon. So she went in her room and changed shirts to something less reptilian. Sure enough when she came back out in a new top and walked over to him he didnt react at all. she held up the green shirt in front of her then and he changed colors and inflated himself again.
I dont know if he wanted to mate with her or thought she was a rival man getting all up in his space, but it was literally one of the best things I had ever seen.
Just thought Id share a funny story with you all!
We were sitting there, both on our computers, when suddenly she asks me "Ashley, whats wrong with the chameleon? He's been staring at me"
I look up and my cham was standing on a vine, BRIGHT green all puffed up literally staring at my roommate. Then he stood up tall on his legs and started swinging back and forth making the vine shake violently. He looked like a monkey, and it was hilarious yet puzzling. Weve had the chameleon since last january, and my roommate sits in this same couch in the same way all the time and this has never happened.
I stood up and walked to the cage and he looked away from her and to me and calmed down a bit. She then stood up and walked over and he blew up again and started shaking on the vine once more.
It was then we realized that she was wearing a neon green shirt. We wondered if perhaps the shirt was making him believe she was another chameleon. So she went in her room and changed shirts to something less reptilian. Sure enough when she came back out in a new top and walked over to him he didnt react at all. she held up the green shirt in front of her then and he changed colors and inflated himself again.
I dont know if he wanted to mate with her or thought she was a rival man getting all up in his space, but it was literally one of the best things I had ever seen.
Just thought Id share a funny story with you all!
