Lets Solve another Wives Tale...

[Phatturk]

The background definately plays some role in the color changing of your chameleon. I have a male veiled and I experience this everyday. I have 2 screen cages which I have attached together to make 1 very large one. The screen cage on the left has an Exo Terra jungle foam insert background, which is mostly brown and mossy. On the other hand, the cage next to that one has no background and is just screen. I witness him many times a day transfer back and forth changing dark brown and then going back and turning green again. I am absolutely convinced that its surrounding play a roll in this, at least in Veileds...

HAHA WOW I stand corrected!! Your avatar is all the proof you need....a pink Veiled!!

 

[dectr6]

Ashley, i think they confuse chameleon with octopus.
The only animal that is a true master of camouflage is octopus.
Octopus does mimic the environment pattern.
Some also mimic other animal.
one species are a master decoy. They change their skin pattern to black and white stripes to mimic a sea snake.
They also can perfectly mimic a lion fish way of swimming.

Chameleon, on the other hand, do not change their skin to blend with the environment.
They blend with the environment that looked like their relax skin color.

Putting them in a pink enclosure won't trained them to "remember" a pink color for future reference .

Don't forget the awsome little cuttlefish. Same family, I know. My favorite!

 

[dectr6]

I put my pygmy on a red piece of paper and it exploded! ...reminded me of hiroshima....

I'm assuming there was lot's of blood...therefore it succeded in turning red.

 

[joefarah]

The background definately plays some role in the color changing of your chameleon. I have a male veiled and I experience this everyday. I have 2 screen cages which I have attached together to make 1 very large one. The screen cage on the left has an Exo Terra jungle foam insert background, which is mostly brown and mossy. On the other hand, the cage next to that one has no background and is just screen. I witness him many times a day transfer back and forth changing dark brown and then going back and turning green again. I am absolutely convinced that its surrounding play a roll in this, at least in Veileds...

Perhaps you could video tape this happening several times ...

You know, for those of us who actually care about proof.