Young male with female colors

[froggielog]

Okay so now that we have all concluded that Oliver is in fact a boy,this leads me to my next question. What's up with his female colors? Could he be having some gender confusion? XD But seriously are their cases where young male late bloomers are like this. Thanks!

P.s I have pics here: https://www.chameleonforums.com/female-late-bloomer-86945/
And in my albums

 

[ataraxia]

I dont see female colors. The third pic is the only one that made me look twice but i reckon he was warm. At this age you cant go solely based off of colors. Each animal is uniquely different.

Just sit back and relax he will turn out just fine

 

[chameleoman]

ive read the thread r people color blind!??!?! those are the most OBVIOUS male colors i have ever seen i dont get why you think those look like girl colors

 

[juju]

ive read the thread r people color blind!??!?! those are the most OBVIOUS male colors i have ever seen i dont get why you think those look like girl colors

it wasnt the colors that threw me of it was the body i couldnt see its vent well enough to see if it was a male or female yet lol

 

[froggielog]

ive read the thread r people color blind!??!?! those are the most OBVIOUS male colors i have ever seen i dont get why you think those look like girl colors

Cuz he will like throw a pale orange stripe and really orangey-ness and I'll be like gender confusion!

 

[Lancecham]

I agree. I don't see any female coloration in the pics.
Yes, there are late blooming males like yours.

 

[rOnz]

mine is even worse , when i got this baby at 3 months i thought it was a female ,

and now here what its look like

 

[froggielog]

XD that makes me feel better, I can't wait for Oliver to bloom

 

[froggielog]

So no one thinks its weird that every female i have seen had those blue specks on his cheek and I've never seen a male with them......I have just been wondering this a while and hopefully someone will have some inside...


Don't worry Oliver, I still love your face

 

[camaleonte82]

my male had the blue specks on his cheeks. i can post pics if it would make you feel better.

 

[Olimpia]

I made a blog showing the difference between two of my panther males growing up: http://muchadoaboutchameleons.blogspot.com/2012/07/two-panthers-growing-up-photo.html
It shows my falybanja male and my ambilobe male from 3 months old to 12 months and how different they both are growing up. The ambilobe looked bland as could be for 5-6 months, stayed very small for a long time, and then turned out to be a stunner. I hope you will find it helpful - no two animals will grow up or color up at the exact same time. Some 3 month olds show ridiculously beautiful colors and other take a lot longer.

Yours is not showing female coloration, you just have to give it time! Trust us, the colors WILL come in sooner rather than later! Watch, one day he'll be bland, he'll shed and be all blue or all green lol. They like to surprise you like that.

 

[froggielog]

I retract that, its a VERY AWESOME blog!

 

[Olimpia]

Thanks! People ask this type of question all the time, and I think it's useful to see how different two animals can be from each other, even when raised the same way.

 

[maxttu]

I made a blog showing the difference between two of my panther males growing up: http://muchadoaboutchameleons.blogspot.com/2012/07/two-panthers-growing-up-photo.html
It shows my falybanja male and my ambilobe male from 3 months old to 12 months and how different they both are growing up. The ambilobe looked bland as could be for 5-6 months, stayed very small for a long time, and then turned out to be a stunner. I hope you will find it helpful - no two animals will grow up or color up at the exact same time. Some 3 month olds show ridiculously beautiful colors and other take a lot longer.

Yours is not showing female coloration, you just have to give it time! Trust us, the colors WILL come in sooner rather than later! Watch, one day he'll be bland, he'll shed and be all blue or all green lol. They like to surprise you like that.

Awesome blog! Thanks for sharing! There is hope!

 

[Olimpia]

Awesome blog! Thanks for sharing! There is hope!

Thank you! Yes there is! I just wish I had photos of the Ambilobe on my hand for a size comparison but he was a mean one, he did better left alone.

 

[shaunaroxanne]

I made a blog showing the difference between two of my panther males growing up: http://muchadoaboutchameleons.blogspot.com/2012/07/two-panthers-growing-up-photo.html
It shows my falybanja male and my ambilobe male from 3 months old to 12 months and how different they both are growing up. The ambilobe looked bland as could be for 5-6 months, stayed very small for a long time, and then turned out to be a stunner. I hope you will find it helpful - no two animals will grow up or color up at the exact same time. Some 3 month olds show ridiculously beautiful colors and other take a lot longer.

Yours is not showing female coloration, you just have to give it time! Trust us, the colors WILL come in sooner rather than later! Watch, one day he'll be bland, he'll shed and be all blue or all green lol. They like to surprise you like that.

That is a really great comparison, Olimpia! Great blog!