When I go to his enclosure to take him out he climbs toward the door. When I open it he climbs on my hand. No signs of stress that I'm aware of but I will demonstrate the "laying down" when I bring him to the vet on Wednesday.
My Veiled chameleon does the same thing!! As soon as I put him in the hand towel he lays on his side and closes his eyes. The rest of the day he is climbing around like normal and eating well. I actually have a vet appointment this Wednesday for a small wound checkup on him. I will ask him these...