What is the strangest thing your chameleon has ever done?
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Matt Vanilla Gorilla
Chameleon Enthusiast
Good idea for a thread kiddo! Dad is proud of you! And thanks for all the help you give us raising the chameleons!
Seiryu
Established Member
Zephyros, one of my males, shot me in the eyeball with his tongue once. I opened his enclosure up and he started crawling down my arm and both eyes locked on me. Figured he saw a fly or something and next thing I know his tongue hit my eyeball. Luckily it didn't stick and honestly I barely felt it.
Micky23
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No way, he is a nut! But cool!
radstusky
Avid Member
I think he stressed out a bit when I first put him in his "big boy" cage.
This was him moments before the other pic (while still in the cage):
MissLissa
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When my panther cham was 4 months old or so he broke out of his enclosure, broke into the cricket bin, and ate so many crickets that he physically could not haul himself back out. I found him laying in the bin with the biggest cricket gut you can imagine! It was like he'd swallowed a very small bowling ball 
I thought he would herniate or something, but he just basked in his cage for a few hours then had the biggest, smelliest poop and was fine.
I thought he would herniate or something, but he just basked in his cage for a few hours then had the biggest, smelliest poop and was fine.
Matt Vanilla Gorilla
Chameleon Enthusiast
O, that is so funny! I love it!
Teal Beauty
Avid Member
My word!!! I am enjoying this discussion board more than I ever thought possible! I never, ever would have imagined, how crazy funny these creatures can be!!!! They each have such unique personalities! What a great thread to begin my son! Eyeball licking, Barney impersonating (purple dinosaur), forehead knocking, deep sea fishing little escape artists! Oh, and one cannot forget to mention the shoe cobbler or the tongue twisters! I love chameleons!!!
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Matt Vanilla Gorilla
Chameleon Enthusiast
Teal Beauty's (also a member here) boy Peppermint Twist (a Panther) has a live plant in the bottom of his cage. In order to prevent him from ingesting dirt, I put a bunch of rocks on top of the dirt. The rocks are too big to be ingested by even a full grown male and he is still a young one! One day I watched him picking up rocks with his mouth in the flower pot and dropping them again. As if he was rearranging or just playing with them. How strange!
Scout
Established Member
My boy loves when I bring him treats in the morning.
Recently I tried to lure him down from his basking branch with NO treat in my hand.
He looked at me, turned his head and examined my fingers a little closer to find no bug.
He then puffed up a little bit and exhaled deeply through his nose. Almost as if he was pouting.
I laughed so hard, I couldn't resist giving him a big juicy hornworm.
Recently I tried to lure him down from his basking branch with NO treat in my hand.
He looked at me, turned his head and examined my fingers a little closer to find no bug.
He then puffed up a little bit and exhaled deeply through his nose. Almost as if he was pouting.
I laughed so hard, I couldn't resist giving him a big juicy hornworm.
Micky23
Established Member
Chameleons are so funny!I had a baby panther shoot at his tail and try to eat it, thinking it was a worm? He sure was surprised when he bit it and it hurt. The look on his face was priceless. He didn't do that again.
Micky23
Established Member
Lazy brat!
