Just confirming my Yoda is a male

[bbyoda]

Hi all,

My ~5 month old veiled chameleon has been restless and pacing lately. From reading threads here and info on Chameleon Academy, I figured he's reaching sexual maturity and needs a bigger enclosure. The new enclosure is in progress and should be done in a couple weeks. But this morning I saw that he's been digging in one corner of his enclosure. (I have a bioactive setup.) So I also want to rule out the possibility of him actually being a her - I've seen a lot of that on the forums. ? Pretty sure he's a male given his striping, casque size, spurs, and I think I even saw sperm plugs at one point. But now I'm questioning everything. ?

Let me know if you need me to do the full form. I had my husbandry reviewed previously and implemented all the changes suggested (remove moss, get a PC fan to help with stagnant air). It's tough to get good pictures of him since he's skittish around me, but I can try getting more if needed.

 

[nightanole]

Its a boy, and he wants to go out and stake out his territory. For all you know last winter a bunch of rookie males setup shop in the room and are eating all the bugs. No self respecting female is going to wonder into a bugless area. My males would patrol the perimeter of the room several times a day.

 

[bbyoda]

Its a boy, and he wants to go out and stake out his territory. For all you know last winter a bunch of rookie males setup shop in the room and are eating all the bugs. No self respecting female is going to wonder into a bugless area. My males would patrol the perimeter of the room several times a day.

Thanks for the quick reply! Phew. I want to give him outside time but he doesn't want anything to do with me - he hides or runs away if I move near him, even slowly. If I have to take him out of the cage for a cleaning or to arrange plants, etc. he will dive out of my hands onto the floor. I know I have a lot of work to do getting him to tolerate me. Just a shame he's so nervous because otherwise he'd be able to roam more!

 

[NashansCamos]

Yes definetely a boy

 

[bbyoda]

Yes definetely a boy

Yep. I just got paranoid seeing him dig so much and seeing so many people on the forum have surprise female veileds. His big boy enclosure should be ready in the next couple of weeks so hopefully the digging stops once he's happy in his new skyscraper!!

 

[AmandaS]

Yep. I just got paranoid seeing him dig so much and seeing so many people on the forum have surprise female veileds. His big boy enclosure should be ready in the next couple of weeks so hopefully the digging stops once he's happy in his new skyscraper!!

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What size is that table?

 

[bbyoda]

It's

What size is that table?

The tabletop is 42" x 30" and it's 2.5 feet high. My partner made it custom for me based on specs I shared with him. The tabletop is that size because it's made out of two layered pieces of plywood that are each 1/3 of a full sheet of plywood. I needed it to have space for a 24 x 24 dragonstrand cage and has space for my bucket o crickets to go next to it. Happy to DM more if helpful.

 

[AmandaS]

It's


The tabletop is 42" x 30" and it's 2.5 feet high. My partner made it custom for me based on specs I shared with him. The tabletop is that size because it's made out of two layered pieces of plywood that are each 1/3 of a full sheet of plywood. I needed it to have space for a 24 x 24 dragonstrand cage and has space for my bucket o crickets to go next to it. Happy to DM more if helpful.

I was just liking the look.

 

[bbyoda]

I was just liking the look.

? My partner will be delighted to hear it