Getting along

[Soloman]

I was just curious if you can put different species of chameleons in the same enclosure if they are the opposite sex ? Say a vailed female and a male Jackson ?

 

[Virgil1972]

I was just curious if you can put different species of chameleons in the same enclosure if they are the opposite sex ? Say a vailed female and a male Jackson ?

No they would stress each other out and would cause them health issues.

 

[carol5208]

One chameleon, one cage. There are a few exceptions. I have seen Melleri in the same enclosure, but the enclosure was giant as they are very large too. The only other species I know of are the Pygmies. They are bottom dwellers and do well housed together.

 

[JGawl420]

I see them do it at the pet store. The female was real aggressive. She was viciously biting any cham that came close (male or female). That is a big no no veiled are aggressive anyways usually from my experience

 

[Soloman]

Ok thank you very much

 

[Extensionofgreen]

Veileds and jacksons have different temperature, humidity, supplemtation, and watering needs, anyway, so they are not even a practical combination; stress and aggression aside.

 

[Soloman]

Veileds and jacksons have different temperature, humidity, supplemtation, and watering needs, anyway, so they are not even a practical combination; stress and aggression aside.

 

[Soloman]

Yeah I was just throwing two species out there just as an example to use not literally

 

[Virgil1972]

Chams are mostly solitary animals and do not like other chams. One would dominate the other and they would stress each other out. If you had something the size of a small green house then it would be a different story.

 

[jajeanpierre]

One might eat the other.

 

[Carlton]

Chams are mostly solitary animals and do not like other chams. One would dominate the other and they would stress each other out. If you had something the size of a small green house then it would be a different story.

I was just curious if you can put different species of chameleons in the same enclosure if they are the opposite sex ? Say a vailed female and a male Jackson ?

Even if you were lucky enough to put two different lower aggression species/sex from the same wild habitat together it would still be a problem due to sheer space. In the wild, the two chams could keep their distance when they wanted to....but in the typical captive setup they can't ever get very far away to avoid or ignore the other cham's defensive displays. Constant stress and frustration. Once in a very great while someone makes it work in a very large space, but don't count on it. Better safe than sorry. No one wants to subject their chams to that sort of misery.