mango.papaya
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hi!! I have a male veiled chameleon called Papaya, who’s roughly 6 months to a year old. he’s always been incredibly friendly as far as chams go, he’s not scared by me at all and will often climb onto my arm while I’m cleaning his cage.
yesterday I started noticing some incredibly weird behaviour, which I have never seen either him nor my previous veiled (who I had for 5 years) exhibit.
he puffed himself up as wide as he would go, went all of these vibrant, spotty colours, then leaned back (making himself look even larger) and his tail was going completely straight, then completely curled up, then straight again in very quick succession. I wasn’t anywhere near his vivarium at the time and I saw him do that at least 4 or 5 times yesterday. I was worried and went into his cage a little while after and he did eventually come up to me and I had him out for a few minutes, where he was acting completely normally and was his usual colours again. I felt reassured that he was okay and then but him back in his cage where he puffed up IMMEDIATELY and then starting doing that weird dance again. im so so confused and worried about him. absolutely nothing has changed for him to start doing that. could it possibly be some sort of territorial thing or maybe trying to attract a mate?
I’ve got a video of him doing it here
maybe I should add that he’s never even hissed or shown any type of aggressive behaviour ever in the 3 months I’ve had him
yesterday I started noticing some incredibly weird behaviour, which I have never seen either him nor my previous veiled (who I had for 5 years) exhibit.
he puffed himself up as wide as he would go, went all of these vibrant, spotty colours, then leaned back (making himself look even larger) and his tail was going completely straight, then completely curled up, then straight again in very quick succession. I wasn’t anywhere near his vivarium at the time and I saw him do that at least 4 or 5 times yesterday. I was worried and went into his cage a little while after and he did eventually come up to me and I had him out for a few minutes, where he was acting completely normally and was his usual colours again. I felt reassured that he was okay and then but him back in his cage where he puffed up IMMEDIATELY and then starting doing that weird dance again. im so so confused and worried about him. absolutely nothing has changed for him to start doing that. could it possibly be some sort of territorial thing or maybe trying to attract a mate?
I’ve got a video of him doing it here
maybe I should add that he’s never even hissed or shown any type of aggressive behaviour ever in the 3 months I’ve had him
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