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NYChameleon

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here is my 4 month old male that came today.what ya think?
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how long should i wait till i try and hold this guy? Its not gonna be as easy as it is if u got one really small..hes kind of big so i hope he dont bite me. I think ill wait a few days though so he gets use to me feeding him and cleaning his cage and misting him. Thanks
 
thanks alot everyone..im trying to ease my hand near him to see if he will come on to it but whenever my hand gets near him he puffs up..should i just give him more time or do they always puff up at first when trying to hold them? Thanks again
 
looks good, i love the expression from his eyes in the 2nd pic lol! reminds me of a kid seeing a giant lolly pop for the first time,

and yeah either give him some time to settle in and become used to seeing your hand when you clean/mist/hand feed him, or try to fool him with the stick trick, set a branch solidely in the cage somewhere and lure him onto it with food or just wait till he's on it, then take the branch out and hold it rather than him, see how he likes that lol, he might eventually want to explore off the branch and then will just go to your arm
 
thanks...good idea i actually have 2 sticks in there that can come out fairly easy i will try that in a few days..im gonna give him some more time..do they ever actually bite or do they just puff up and open there mouths to scare ya?
 
not sure, it really depends on the individual animal I guess, they definately CAN bite you, they say veileds are known to be more savage than panthers and I've experienced it first hand, when feeding a friends female veiled she would puff up and hiss like crazy and one time I got too close and she actually snapped at me but I was quick to pull away so I don't know if she just snapped the air to try and scare me away or if she actually tried to strike me lol

so your guy might just be a 'big talk no action', or he may be a legitimate tough guy, so just watch the fingers haha
 
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