Holding Cham's

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Hello all Cham nooby here! I have a question. I would LOVE too hold my vailed Chameleon in my hand. each time i attempt have him walk on my hand he turns dark and walks Briskly away from me. I don't really want too force the little guy too do something he does not want too do but I was wonder how do you guys/gals convince your chams you are not going to eat them or harm them?

 

[Red7ny1]

Honestly , I have a jackson's and a veiled , and whereas the jackson's didn't seem to mind being handled today ( took her outside and left her crawl on our arms ) , the veiled will have no part of it . So I don't force her ... I try to get her to climb on my hand once a week and if she doesn't ( which she never does ... lol ) , so be it . Maybe someday she'll be ok with it and maybe never . It's all good

 

[Captive Creations]

Hello all Cham nooby here! I have a question. I would LOVE too hold my vailed Chameleon in my hand. each time i attempt have him walk on my hand he turns dark and walks Briskly away from me. I don't really want too force the little guy too do something he does not want too do but I was wonder how do you guys/gals convince your chams you are not going to eat them or harm them?

First Welcome to the Forum!! This is a great place to meet other chameleon keepers and share knowledge of chameleons so you are in the right place
It does take time to get your chameleon to trust that you are not there to hurt them. I started by hand feeding treats that way they will see your hand and think hey that thing has treats it does take some time so don't get discouraged you just have to give them all the reason in the world to trust you and NO reason to not. Good luck and do you have any pictures you can post of him. We all love to see chameleon pics

 

[Olimpia]

I wrote this blog where I outlined in a bit of detail how I've tamed my last few panthers. It has worked for my last few chameleons (some were naturally nice so I didn't have to try very hard) so it may give you ideas: http://muchadoaboutchameleons.blogspot.com/2012/04/to-handle-or-not-to-handle.html

It doesn't always work but it doesn't hurt to try unless your chameleon is having a severe reaction to the whole ordeal. Although with enough patience and slow movement you shouldn't spook him as much.

 

[Ryan8283]

I have two veileds and neither of them really like coming out at all on occasion they do of they a chance to bask in natural sunlight other than that and cleaning they don't really leave the cage