***winter***

[Walter85]

Hello everyone, I have a rookie question. I'm in south Texas like 30 minutes south of Houston and it's been pretty cold here. It's been in the mid 30 low 40s through the night and warming up to just around 50 or so. My question is, does chameleons behavior change during the winter??

 

[maxttu]

Hello everyone, I have a rookie question. I'm in south Texas like 30 minutes south of Houston and it's been pretty cold here. It's been in the mid 30 low 40s through the night and warming up to just around 50 or so. My question is, does chameleons behavior change during the winter??

Hey man! I live in Katy and up until this past wknd my guy was outside a lot! Since this cold snap he has been inside and just kind of looks at me like "wtf?". lol! He still roams around, hunts, basks, drinks and all of that good stuff, but there is nothing better than that natural sunlight! His colors were just starting to show great so I hope this wont have a negative effect. We shall see! I'm close to having his new palacial mansion ready for him to move in to!

 

[Walter85]

I was taking mine outside too, but now it's too cold. Mine seems to be a little less active then usual, but he's still eating drinking and his poop looks regular. JW...

 

[gr33n]

I'm here in the Dallas area. I've noticed my veiled appetite see dwendle down a little during this cold front that has hit. Nothing like this weather.

 

[Walter85]

Winter

Yeah I have a 4 month old veiled chameleon too and I have noticed that his appetite has dropped a little. My NF panther is still eating normal just a little less active.

 

[VeiledChams]

During the winter months, the chameleons metabolism slows down. I read somewhere on here that C. Parsonii sometimes even stop eating for extended periods of time. This behavior may be due to shortened daylight hours and much colder temperatures.

 

[Walter85]

Ok, so its normal then. That's good. I've been working a lot lately so haven't really had time to read to much.

 

[VeiledChams]

Just saw the post on your baby.. That I wouldnt call normal. Such a young chameleon needs to be eating.

 

[maxttu]

During the winter months, the chameleons metabolism slows down. I read somewhere on here that C. Parsonii sometimes even stop eating for extended periods of time. This behavior may be due to shortened daylight hours and much colder temperatures.

Would this hold true while we have our babies in a controlled environment? Lighting, heating, etc...

 

[VeiledChams]

I am not sure as I always shorten the light cycle during winter.

 

[Walter85]

Well when I leave to work I drop about 15 crickets for my veiled and the same for my panther, that's around 5am. When I get back home usually around 4pm there's 3 crickets left in the veiled, sometimes none and in the panthers cage there usually all gone. The only difference I've noticed on both of them is now the veiled is only eating about 10 crickets and the panther still the same just both of them a little less active.

 

[Walter85]

Well that's the same thing I did, I shortened their daytime by one hour, you know just to mimic the outdoors.