Another Question Dark and Then light

[MetalFox]

Well, Today I wanted to let my cham outside for a little while

Normally He is Dark Colors with bright blue, but when I took him out side he turned bright green like when he is when he is sleeping, is this normal have any of yalls chams done this? I am wondering if he likes it outside better or if he is bright because he is stressed

So right now he is in his cage still dark colors like normal but i am wondering if he is dark if thats a bad thing?

 

[Miss Lily]

What are his temps like in his cage? They darken their colour to absorb more heat. What type of cham is he?

 

[MetalFox]

Well He is Veiled, male about 6 months old

the temp is around 84 degrees f and humidity is aroud 50%

here he is in his cage

and here he is outside

I hope he is ok!

 

[Miss Lily]

He looks ok. Maybe those are his 'excited' colours - he looks really happy in the sun! Maybe his basking spot could be gradually increased a bit now he's 6 months. Have you checked out the Raising Kitty blog yet? If you haven't, here is a link: http://raisingkittytheveiledchameleon.blogspot.com/

 

[dodolah]

it's normal.
Chameleon do tends to go brighter and happier when they are outside.
On top of that, uvb emitted by sun and uvb light is quite different.
Hence, he might have to go darker to absorb more uvb from the light than from the sun.

 

[tkilgour]

yes, my chameleons have a perch outside they just sit on and their colors light up when they sit in the sun. It is totally normal. My chameleons now are so spoiled they expect the daily sun tanning. Funny

 

[Sang]

Now, is it my assumption which could be wrong, but veileds could handle a 8.0 UVB linear tube lamp.

 

[MetalFox]

Well I have a UVB 10.0 because i wanted to make sure that if he is low in the cage he could get to it but thank you i am glad that he is normal! ahhaha

 

[moody232002]

i also use a 10.0 with no problems at all.
Also i find Mista goes darker depending on where he is in the cage.
The bursts of colour he exubes when in natural sunlight still amaze me,he goes all manner of oranges teals and yellows

 

[Jono]

Your cham is the closer in shape and colour than any other cham I've seen on these forums

Mine has those colours exactly: the slightly darker browns inside under lights and then the lighter greens when hes in the sun (unless hes a bit chilly then he uses more browns to catch more sun.)

They definitely can tell immediately between the quality of light and adjust accordingly.