I know its hard to get 2 chameleons to live in the same cage but....
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nightanole
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Sorry once they are adults they will hate each other. Even if the 2 trees are 10-15ft apart, the dominant one will walk his way over to the other one just to do some head bobbing.
nickypav
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everyone says that but ive seen 2 adults be chill with each other on the same plant, no head bobbing and no fight for dominance for hours at a time
reptileguy112
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if you really want 2 chameleons in one cage so bad get some carpet chameleons
reptileguy112
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or a couple eggs, eggs wont fight too much
MamatoElvis
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I heard pygmys will live together but I don't have any personal experience.
Most species don't do well when you keep them together in a cage. Even if there are no outward signs of stress the "silent" stress will likely cause them health issues and sometimes even sudden death.
Even two females being together can be stressful.
Think of it this way...in the wild if one chameleon comes within sight of another and they don't want to come together they can move away from each other...where can they go to get away from the other when caged??
One more thing...If they are sexually mature, and you have a male and female in the cage they will mate....even if they would do better waiting until they were a bit older.
Even two females being together can be stressful.
Think of it this way...in the wild if one chameleon comes within sight of another and they don't want to come together they can move away from each other...where can they go to get away from the other when caged??
One more thing...If they are sexually mature, and you have a male and female in the cage they will mate....even if they would do better waiting until they were a bit older.
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reptileguy112
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I meant to say pygmy not carpet. You can keep a bunch and they need smaller glass tanks too.
leedragon
Chameleon Enthusiast
it is irresponsible and neglec chameleon carring
Wowbango
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100% No. Very stressful to the chameleons, even if they don't show it. One will always be dominated. Please don't do this.
Carlton
Chameleon Enthusiast
This! Kinyonga is right...dominance and social stress is subtle, cumulative, and can be deadly. Whether they are related or not has nothing to do with it.
Once in a while two adults of different less territorial species (such as melleri, deremensis, some of the fischeri) have been able to share space pretty peacefully, but this is an EXCEPTION and in very very large setups like a room or a greenhouse situation. I have done this on one occasion, but the chams were very carefully monitored for weight loss and general health for quite a while before I felt they really were OK. They happened to use quite different areas of their shared space most of the time which helped.
For the more territorial species such as veileds or panthers, and in the typical cage setups it won't work...don't bother.
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