Chameleons caged together ?

[EllaKonrad2024]

I want another chameleon I have a veiled chameleon already and I want to know if it would be okay to keep another veiled chameleon in the same cage. Can someone answer this question for me because I'm still stuck on it after hours of research with mixed answers

 

[GrannyK]

It is not recommended keeping chameleons together. They will die of stress or try and kill one another.

 

[GrannyK]

Welcome to the forum btw!! A second cham is awesome, but in its own enclosure and not even able to see the other.

 

[Ghostbirb]

I want another chameleon I have a veiled chameleon already and I want to know if it would be okay to keep another veiled chameleon in the same cage. Can someone answer this question for me because I'm still stuck on it after hours of research with mixed answers

Hello and welcome! To be quick and clear the answer would be no, you should not cage chameleons together. They are solitary creatures and do not to well when housed together, and it can lead to the death of one or even both of the individuals

 

[EllaKonrad2024]

Hello and welcome! To be quick and clear the answer would be no, you should not cage chameleons together. They are solitary creatures and do not to well when housed together, and it can lead to the death of one or even both of the individuals

Thank you! Do you think it may be okay to get a divider for my cage ?

 

[Sherbertsmysunshine]

Thank you! Do you think it may be okay to get a divider for my cage ?

How big is your enclosure? It is recommended you have a 4x2x2 enclosure for each chameleon. Some people attach two enclosures together and put coco liner on the side so they can't see each other.

 

[EllaKonrad2024]

I will have to look but if I divided it into the middle it would be a little bigger than the one that comes in the starter kit for each chameleon

 

[kinyonga]

Is the one you have now make or female? How old?

What will you get for the second one? Male or female?

 

[EllaKonrad2024]

My one that I got now is about 3 months old and it is a male I don't know what gender I would get the second one

 

[kinyonga]

You might want to read this…
https://www.chameleonforums.com/threads/can-males-and-females-sense-each-other.48654/

 

[EllaKonrad2024]

Thank you so much this really helped with my perspective of it ... I think that I may just get another cage for the second one !

 

[MissSkittles]

Hi and welcome! I agree with all that has been said…separate and larger (2x2x4’ minimum) enclosures for each chameleon and make sure they aren’t able to see each other. My sweet girl and boy panthers are across the house from each other, yet I believe they are aware of each other’s presence.

 

[kinyonga]

@MissSkittles said…”My sweet girl and boy panthers are across the house from each other, yet I believe they are aware of each other’s presence”…I think this is completely true. Veiled chameleons can imho sense each other across a room easily. I have no proof or studies to prove it…it’s just what I feel from their behaviours and reactions.

 

[Ghostbirb]

Hi and welcome! I agree with all that has been said…separate and larger (2x2x4’ minimum) enclosures for each chameleon and make sure they aren’t able to see each other. My sweet girl and boy panthers are across the house from each other, yet I believe they are aware of each other’s presence.

Ah the powers of forbidden love

 

[Beman]

You will be far more successful buying a complete set up for a second cham. But you have to also remember if your current set up is not adequate for the male baby you have then you now have to do 2 full set ups. Your looking at easily $400 per basic cage set up (this would be cage, correct lights, and plants only) and this is doing it bare minimum without the needed items like a mistking. There is only one cage I can think of that you may have gotten that you would be considering a split on (providing two sides approximately the size of the cham kit starter cage) and that cage even though it is wider does not have the depth or the height needed for an adult male veiled.

This will be a good resource for you to take a look at. https://chameleonacademy.com/chameleon-husbandry-program-getting-started-with-chameleons/

Any site you are visiting that is telling you that you can keep chameleons together is totally wrong. There are very few sites that are actually correct with the information they provide. Neptune the chameleon is a good resource as well if you prefer watching videos.

I want to note that if this baby is your first experience with a chameleon you might want to consider waiting to get another until you get through your first year. Veiled temperaments change as they mature. Many can become aggressive as they mature. This tends to be when some people will decide they no longer want the chameleon because they can not interact with it the same way as when it was a baby.

I would suggest posting a few pics of your baby and the back of its back feet so we can confirm gender for you. Most stores get this wrong and female husbandry is different than a males.

 

[lurker9090]

Welcome! Absolutely not! chameleons are one of the only reptiles that all keepers strictly recommend NOT co-habbing EVER (Except for short mating session.)
They WILL kill each other! Its good you asked though !
Welcome to the community

 

[Beman]

Welcome! Absolutely not! chameleons are one of the only reptiles that all keepers strictly recommend NOT co-habbing EVER (Except for short mating session.)
They WILL kill each other! Its good you asked though !
Welcome to the community

Even with mating they are not kept permanently in the cage together. They can seriously injure one another. So they are placed in the cage of the other cham while supervised then once the deed is done they go right back into their own spaces.