Is this mating behaviour?

[special k]

Hi I am new to this forum and have recently adopted a male veiled chameleon. I have brought him a new enclosure with proper lighting and a waterfall and I mist him regularly and he seems really happy.

I have only had him just over a week, but the last few times he has asked to come out of his enclosure and climb on me, he suddenly grips really tightly to my hand - not because he feels he is going to fall off - and then rubs himself vigirously against my hand. It's not the slow action like when he is rubbing the dead skin off his head etc against a branch - and I was wondering if this is mating behaviour and how I can stop it! He is about 3 years old and his previous owner says he hasn't done it with him before.

Any advice would be much appreciated!

Kelly

 

[jannb]

Welcome to the forums!!!! It sounds like maybe he's trying to mate with your hand.

Get rid of the water fall. They grow bacteria in the cage. Since you are new to chams I've attached a couple links to help you make sure you give this guy a long happy life.

http://raisingkittytheveiledchameleon.blogspot.com/

https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/ryan-jarosek/119-new-arrival-bringing-home.html

 

[kinyonga]

Are you talking about rubbing his head on you or his butt??

 

[special k]

His butt! I think he is trying to mate with my hand - I found some really old posts on here & some people have experienced the same & there are some hilarious stories about mating with gloves etc!

Thanks for your help & if anyone has any tips (other than getting him a gf!) please let me know!

 

[wilfred]

I think a video would help us understand the problem more.
and give us a good laugh