My veiled is going to kill me!

[thephotoprincess]

My feisty male veiled has done the same behavior - lunging and hissing. He was all show though. I just picked him up like usual. After a couple tries he pretty much gave up the intimidation attempts unless he's having a really bad day. If he's really cranky I give him a couple crickets (by hand) and he realizes I'm not so bad.

Our only consistently aggressive chameleon is a baby flapneck - she's about 3 inches but thinks she's a dinosaur! Her bite doesn't hurt but she can't really get a finger in her little mouth!!

 

[DChalo]

My feisty male veiled has done the same behavior - lunging and hissing. He was all show though. I just picked him up like usual. After a couple tries he pretty much gave up the intimidation attempts unless he's having a really bad day. If he's really cranky I give him a couple crickets (by hand) and he realizes I'm not so bad.

Our only consistently aggressive chameleon is a baby flapneck - she's about 3 inches but thinks she's a dinosaur! Her bite doesn't hurt but she can't really get a finger in her little mouth!!

Ok, i listened to this and tried to take my cham out and your right! It was all just to scare me, when i put my hand near him, he didnt bite it he just pretended to strike it. Now i know that my cham wont eat me alive!

 

[Cainschams]

Your chameleon only drinks when you spill a bottle of water in front of it Taking him out everyday is obviously going to stress him out. Spray down the enclosure a couple times a day and get a dripper. It will drink.

Maybe you missed this? Maybe you just skipped over it? Please, tell my why your animal will only drink if you spill a bottle of water in front of it. As I said, you are just stressing your animal every time you get it out. The reason it wants to bite your hand off. This is not healthy and I suggest if you want a long lived animal you stop.

 

[DChalo]

Maybe you missed this? Maybe you just skipped over it? Please, tell my why your animal will only drink if you spill a bottle of water in front of it. As I said, you are just stressing your animal every time you get it out. The reason it wants to bite your hand off. This is not healthy and I suggest if you want a long lived animal you stop.

I spray him a few times every day, but he does not seem to drink. But when i spill a bottle of water in front of him, he drinks A LOT. Which tells me that he does not get enough water from the spraying

 

[JackP308]

I spray him a few times every day, but he does not seem to drink. But when i spill a bottle of water in front of him, he drinks A LOT. Which tells me that he does not get enough water from the spraying

I wanna see pictures of this man eating cham drinking spilt water.

 

[donnak0125]

I wanna see pictures of this man eating cham drinking spilt water.

LOL, it's "spill water"...

Funny, I can't read, I was thinking you wrote "SPIT".... euwwww!

 

[DChalo]

I wanna see pictures of this man eating cham drinking spilt water.

I'll make a video next time i take him out

 

[KingJulien]

My boy doesn't seem to like his drip very much, which is on 24/7. He comes for the spray bottle, so I watered him (in his cage) that way a few times a week for a while, but he had trouble figuring out where the water was coming from with the spray nozzle. Eric at Chameleons101 reccomended a hair color bottle, they have a narrow tip, and you just melt it a tiny bit to give you the drip rate you want. So now I offer him water from there several times a week. It works well. I'll try to get a picture for you guys.

 

[Chuck G]

They plot your death when you turn out the lights.

 

[Stanly]

They plot your death when you turn out the lights.

Out there some where is a chameleon named pinky, and another named brain.
And one day they will take over the world! mawhahahaha........... (to far? Maybe......)

 

[DeviousMike]

I wish there was a way to upload videos from my iphone to YouTube, I took a video of my veiled and he almost ate my iPhone

There is. It's right there on your album page where you view the video you just took.

 

[The5sherns]

My Veiled will not drink in front of me at all. His droppings are normal, so I know he is drinking, but I have never seen it. I mist the enclosure 3 times a day, and his drip goes 3-5 hours per day, but I have still never seen him drink.