If youre gonna expect that your chameleon will come to you like a dog each time you put your hand out on the cage well I would say that you would be disappointed. These reptiles are not capable of learning love and affection. If youre looking for answers that will strengthen your bond with your cham and make them more tolerant and tame then we can provide answers.
NOTE: Young chams (4 months less) are usually VERY tolerant with handling these early stages are one of their most social times. I've seen a rather rebellious stage after this. Dont get spoiled with expectations of handling after 5 or 6 months. Push through and give your cham space but keep trying. Then you'll get your reward.
Here is something I posted a while back. This tells my taming techniques and procedures. It has yielded great results. Now my chams never hides from me. I sometimes give them a couple pat on the tail or crest.
For me my hand feeding /taming techniques works on a few factors; comfort and motivation. I make sure that before even trying hand feeding my cham is situated in the new environment. I just cup feed then. After a couple of days when they start roaming and being comfortable to the new environment I increase my presence around the enclosure. I grab my bean bag and chill right by the enclosure. Surf the web watch youtube, netflix for hours. This will make him get used to my presence. After around 3 or 5 days when you see your cham comfortably roaming around the enclosure, eating, drinking and doing their normal bidding while you're around looking at your cham. At this point your cham is comfortable well more like "tolerant" of you
At this point hand feeding attempts begin. On the days that I have to get up early for work around, 5 A.M. and leave half and hour later I skip filling up their feeder cup. When I get back from work around 3 or 4 PM. This period of no available food should motivate them a bit. I attempt preliminary hand feeding. This is when I put the feeder cup (an item the associate with food, comfort and inanimate object that is safe) on my hand and hold it close to them. Its gonna take a few attempts but when they are comfortable eating like this the finals phase begins. Direct hand feeding. Keep on trying no sudden movements (get used to staying still for 5 mins) and the comfort and motivation combination should make them "tolerate" your actions and BAM that awesome glorious moment when they eat out of your hand
I've had great success with this method. Really makes your cham tolerant with you and its a nice feeling when they hand feed
Patience and baby steps dont rush it and youll be handsomely rewarded!
p.s. Just because were not senior members doesn't mean we cant give great tips
Although I must admit that I've been corrected by a senior before. Check and balance
