So I have a juvenile male veiled chameleon (baby Cam the Chameleon) and the only colors he really changes to are a pale green when I take him out and a dark green/brown when he hunts. I've learned that they change with their mood, but will veiled chameleons learn any other colors?
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SaintJimmy
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They don't "learn" how to change colors. Their skin matures and develops more chromataphores, which are cells that expand and contract to show different colors.
They are born with a certain color scheme ALREADY. All baby chameleons (veiled) are just green and brown at one point, but they will eventually either get more yellow, green, blue, brown, orange on them at some point.
Yellow, green, and teal veileds are fairly common, while orange and brown are not very common. Brown especially. Since it's considered a "Stress" color, it usually isn't considered a body color that is normal, but one person on here had a naturally brown chameleon (and I'm sure some others have too).
So don't worry. Your cham will grow up and develop colors.
They are born with a certain color scheme ALREADY. All baby chameleons (veiled) are just green and brown at one point, but they will eventually either get more yellow, green, blue, brown, orange on them at some point.
Yellow, green, and teal veileds are fairly common, while orange and brown are not very common. Brown especially. Since it's considered a "Stress" color, it usually isn't considered a body color that is normal, but one person on here had a naturally brown chameleon (and I'm sure some others have too).
So don't worry. Your cham will grow up and develop colors.
FrankTheTank
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Depending on your veiled they can have a variety of colors. The main ones are shades of green and yellow. Some can have patches of teal and black but that's about it.
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