Hyokenseisou
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So my male veiled cham, he's 5 months old. I took him to a reptile educational show type thing yesterday, and he took it like a champ, not once did he get dark and cranky (which is VERY surprising for a cham. All the other reptile owners were like "How did you get such a nice cham!?! He doesn't look stressed at all!!!") He was curious and active the whole time.
Anyways, just now, I was taking him out for a minute just as our daily interaction (which is why I think he's so friendly, I handle him so much he likes it now), climbs to me, then climbs on my shoulder as always. He kind of stopped moving around after a bit of wandering, looked around, and I was poking at his back and normally he just goes "meh" and just doesn't care. But this time he just opened his mouth a little (but no hissing or puffing up) as a "heeeeeeyy!..." then as I used my hand to pick him up from a bit behind and under to put him back, he quickly grabbed my finger with his one foot tightly, pulled it close in and against his bumhole.. and starting rubbing his bum on my finger... I just stood there as a "wtf is going on!?! You sicko! Rubbing your bum against me!?!?" I couldn't get my finger loose to stop him.... When he was done he let go then ditched back to his tank... Stop of like a "K I'm done, now get off me" type thing lol.
Sort of like when my male cockatiel is horny, he'll go find his favorite pillow and rubs up against that while doing all the mating signs...
Now my questions are:
At what age do males become sexually interested?
As I'm not familiar with chameleons breeding, would this seem like a sign of him wanting to breed?
Like I said, I'm not familiar with breeding... But his actions sort of lead me to believe that he wants too... It's just REALLY odd that he wants to do it with my finger. O______o
This is the second time he's done it, the second time being more intense (first time happened about a week ago).
Anyways, just now, I was taking him out for a minute just as our daily interaction (which is why I think he's so friendly, I handle him so much he likes it now), climbs to me, then climbs on my shoulder as always. He kind of stopped moving around after a bit of wandering, looked around, and I was poking at his back and normally he just goes "meh" and just doesn't care. But this time he just opened his mouth a little (but no hissing or puffing up) as a "heeeeeeyy!..." then as I used my hand to pick him up from a bit behind and under to put him back, he quickly grabbed my finger with his one foot tightly, pulled it close in and against his bumhole.. and starting rubbing his bum on my finger... I just stood there as a "wtf is going on!?! You sicko! Rubbing your bum against me!?!?" I couldn't get my finger loose to stop him.... When he was done he let go then ditched back to his tank... Stop of like a "K I'm done, now get off me" type thing lol.
Sort of like when my male cockatiel is horny, he'll go find his favorite pillow and rubs up against that while doing all the mating signs...
Now my questions are:
At what age do males become sexually interested?
As I'm not familiar with chameleons breeding, would this seem like a sign of him wanting to breed?
Like I said, I'm not familiar with breeding... But his actions sort of lead me to believe that he wants too... It's just REALLY odd that he wants to do it with my finger. O______o
This is the second time he's done it, the second time being more intense (first time happened about a week ago).