Color

[sabbie03]

My chameleons color has changed and he’s been trying to scratch or get out of his cage. I take him out and he won’t stop moving or relax really. I wish I could upload I video to show his behavior but I’m not too sure how to from my phone.

 

[kinyonga]

How old is he?

 

[sabbie03]

How old is he?

He is almost a year old, I would say 10-11 months I don’t know if he’s trying to look for a female to mate with, but I don’t have any other chameleons he’s my only one.

 

[kinyonga]

That’s exactly what I was thinking…he’s old enough to be looking for a female.

 

[MissSkittles]

How has his color changed? Has he become more bright and vibrant? I also think he’s at that age where he wants to find a pretty girl and make eggs. He is beautiful btw. Other reasons that chameleons will try to get out of their enclosure is it is too small (needs to be at least 2x2x4’) or something else is making them unhappy with it and they are trying to escape. Or, you could have a panther that just wants to come out and sit on your arm for no particular reason that you can figure out.

 

[sabbie03]

How has his color changed? Has he become more bright and vibrant? I also think he’s at that age where he wants to find a pretty girl and make eggs. He is beautiful btw. Other reasons that chameleons will try to get out of their enclosure is it is too small (needs to be at least 2x2x4’) or something else is making them unhappy with it and they are trying to escape. Or, you could have a panther that just wants to come out and sit on your arm for no particular reason that you can figure out.

He is definitely more of the social chameleon he loves to just come out and relax with people! As far as the dimensions of his cage goes, he’s in a 24x18x36 enclosure. I’ll attach a picture of his colors usually, but the biggest change is the striping on his face, he usually doesn’t have it which makes me think he’s looking for a lady friend!
I would say his colors are more vibrant especially the red/ orange colors he’s showing now compared to how he usually looks.

 

[MissSkittles]

Some male panther chameleons will go thru a period of their colors fading to almost a pastel. It’s often called the blahs or winter blahs and can last a few months. Then before you know, the colors come back and they are vibrant. It can occur before they are a year old. When the color returns, all I can say is WOW! Since the blahs do have something to do with the mating cycle (I can’t remember the details), it makes sense that your boy brightened up and is now restless. It is spring.

 

[Steve A]

He is almost a year old, I would say 10-11 months I don’t know if he’s trying to look for a female to mate with, but I don’t have any other chameleons he’s my only one.

This is EXACTLY what Spike did around this age. He started really roaming around his enclosure faster trying to get out. But it was more just "roaming" than it was trying to escape at first. We noticed he specifically was trying to get out only when my wife was near him while she was wearing a specific multi-colored shirt that just happened to look similar to female colors when they're in the mood.

It was hilarious. I let him come out and he "ran" straight to her so fast lol but he wouldn't settle down while he was on her, so I picked him up and put him back in his enclosure. He eventually stopped lol