How big will he get ?

[Lewis]

I have a male veiled chameleon how big will he be when fully grow ? Thanks

 

[carol5208]

There is no way to tell you exactly. They are usually weighed in grams and can get as big as 300 grams. That would be considered a very big Veild. The males get bigger than the females.

 

[Lewis]

He is 64 grams and he is 2 years old

 

[bimac6]

He is 64 grams and he is 2 years old

At two years he would be fully grown but 64 grams is extremely underweight for an adult... Is he eating well?

 

[laurie]

How long have you had him? Maybe you were told the wrong age. That really is small for his age. Could you post a picture?

 

[Lewis]

I got him at about 10 weeks and he has been eating fine

 

[bimac6]

I got him at about 10 weeks and he has been eating fine

He doesn't look like he's 64 grams..hmm.. But he does look like he has severe MBD...not meaning to sound rude but were you aware of this?

 

[Lewis]

No I'm not aware of this ?

 

[vgaines]

Maybe you can post some more pictures. In this picture its hard to see his casque. My Rebel is aprox. 8 months old and his casque is really big. Your guy looks really small to be 2 years old....

 

[Lewis]

Well he is one year 10 months

 

[Lewis]

Well he is one year 10 months

This was taken about 2 weeks ago

 

[Chameleonmaster]

can you post a better pic thats recent? it will help a lot.

 

[carol5208]

when was the first pic taken? His limbs do not look right, but he looks ok in the second pic.

 

[Sarahcwilson]

I agree; could you post a current pic next to a dollar bill or something so we can have something to compare his size with... :/

 

[laurie]

Those do not look like the same Cham. The Cham who looks so bad in pic #1 can't be the Cham in pic #2. We need much better pictures if you can.

 

[carol5208]

Those do not look like the same Cham. The Cham who looks so bad in pic #1 can't be the Cham in pic #2. We need much better pictures if you can.

I agree something is not right here. Either the cham in the second pic is from way before and the first pic is what he looks like now with developed MBD.

 

[Ahtee]

Yea I agree the first pic and second pic look like 2 totally different animals. The back on the first one even looks crooked while the 2nd seems in the pink of health! Weird

 

[pssh]

Does he have a tail? I also agree, if the second pic is from two weeks ago, I have no idea what is going on with your chameleon unless it is a different animal. Once Metabolic Bone Disease (MBD) happens, the damage cannot be reversed. It will always be kind of funky/messed up looking, but the bones can become stronger and have a more normal density so that the animal can live a somewhat normal life (it depends on how bad the damage was.)

 

[carol5208]

I think we have lost the OP!!

 

[pssh]

He was on today, so maybe he will reply later.