Viberating????

[Creaturelover123]

Do chameleons viberate???? All 3 of my chams have viberated in the past few weeks.

 

[camimom]

Do chameleons viberate???? All 3 of my chams have viberated in the past few weeks.

Haha yes.
I asked the same exact qustion 3 days after i got my cham.
I think its just a response to their enviroment,

 

[Creaturelover123]

Thanks you!

 

[lindawaz]

it is not a purr meaning happy like a cat. Something has them in a tizzy

 

[JonRich]

was this while you handled them a little to close??

My Cham did it afew times, and it had always been while removing him off a branch and maybe he was still holding on with his tail or feet. And he buzzed! lol

 

[ChameleonNerd]

my vet referred to that action as "grunting"

 

[kinyonga]

You can read a bit about it here...
http://web.archive.org/web/20051119....com/html/taxonomy/species/chcalyptratus.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20080418003008/http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/5014/hoot.html