My panther turned purple!

[radstusky]

Yesterday morning as we were getting ready to leave for vacation, we noticed that Leo turned a dark purple color. I'm not sure why, I'd guess he was stressed for some reason. Even while he was in this purple state he hand fed a cricket. I took him out and he turned back to normal fairly quickly. Other than the strange color, his behavior seemed normal. I just haven't seen this before so I was wondering if anyone here has seen this type of temporary coloration?

Here are some pics and as you can see in the last one, he's returning back to normal.

 

[carol5208]

that is crazy! I have never seen a purple cham before! Is he a sambava or a ambilobe? As long as he is ok, that is as cool as S@#t!!!

 

[pssh]

My sambava went through a purple phase. I could never get it on camera though. He also went through a bright blue phase and he looked like a blue bar or purple bar ambilobe for a while!

Edit: I guess he's still in the purple phase. He just turns black or red before I can get a picture but it still isn't as bright as when he was younger.

 

[radstusky]

He is a sambava. I think this was just some temporary stress coloration, and not really a color phase he's going through. Actually I'm not positive this is stress related, that's just a guess. Judging by how awful he looked, I hope he doesn't do this very often.

 

[pssh]

I think you're right. My guys bars were the only part of him that would change that color.