Communicating with humans

[SilverWolf]

Yep, he shot his tongue at me again. lol for those of you who hadn't read my previous thread, my jackson chameleon, Tricky shot his tongue at me twice the other day. He did it again today, but this time shot it at my hand when he saw it. What happened was I walked in the room, he went over to me (still in his enclosure, so got as close as he could get to me while still inside as I was several feet away) and he shot his tongue in the same direction I was. I went over to the enclosure, he followed me with his head and when I lifted my hand to get the enclosure door open, he shot his tongue at my hand even though there was no food there. The rest of the day until he ate (I had to go to the store to get more crickets because ant completely wiped out the ones I had over night, and my sister fed the rest to her bearded dragon while I was sleeping…ants…-.-) he continuously followed me with his head. lol Does your chameleon communicate with you?

 

[Fogerty]

When my 8 month old male veiled "Buddy" sees me coming up the driveway from far away he knows that it is me and runs for the cage door and scratches at the latch until I come over and take him out for a walk, he never gets upset he is like a puppy dog. Once out he is pure eye contact ,he wants freedom ,when I turn my head he moves ,when I look back he stops and acts all innocent ,like "I am not trying to get away". When I get tired of the game and scoop him up to head back to his cage sometimes but not very often his chin will puff up just a little just to let me know he is not happy. I would call that Communication. We understand each other. I like freedom too.

 

[Psychobunny]

I have a panther that wants to shoot at my face.
Been doing it (or trying to do it) for a few days now.
It only happens when he is out of the cage, but when I get my face close, he locks both eyes on me, pushes his head forward, and opens his mouth a bit to stick the tip of his tongue out and take aim!!
I stick my hand in the way just before he is able to zap me.

It's strange that he looks straight into my eyes, so I know he isnt just seeing a spot, mole, etc. on my face.
Its my eyes he is after!!

He does this if I have my glasses on or not.

Dont know what it is he thinks he see's!!

I have brown eyes, crickets are brown, maybe he thinks my eyes are crickets?!

 

[Trace]

I’m not entirely sure I would use the word ‘communication’. Don’t assign human characteristics on animals and chameleons aren't very bright. Some of what you are seeing is purely instinct; the large bipedal monster might eat me while out of my protective cage, I better keep my eye on him. When he’s not looking I can escape. That same monster magically brings food at or around the same time every day. Better eat now.

My lady chameleons have perpetually empty stomachs so I don't get me wrong I think it's cute and hand feeding the odd insect is a nice way of bonding/earning their trust but I don't assume anything more than it is.

 

[xephyr17]

Peter is mostly just scared shitless of me every time I go over to the cage... He was owned by a 9 year old before that liked to poke the cage walls, I'm sure. So no communication there... xD

But Ender on the other hand does the little "feed me" routine and likes to come out of his enclosure, too. I bring him out every now and then. But he tries to run away when I'm not looking. I swear, every time I blink, he's on a different bush when we're outside...

I really need to build my outdoor enclosure xD