how old ?

[steveg71982]

i just got this veiled from a pet store and they said they think they are 4 months what do you think

 

[Vibrant Chameleons]

Those little fellas all grow at different rates. He's about 3 months anyways.

 

[christyo2o2]

wow i think its MUCH younger then 4 months!

 

[Canopy Chameleons]

4 months?! It very well could be, but it would be dangerously small for 4 months. Pet store do tend to do that, but still that's scary. I would say usual age for that size would be 5-8 weeks old? Somewheres in there?

 

[CrazyChameleon5]

thats smaller than the one i got on Tuesday and she is supposedly 2 months old?? wow thats a tiny baby

 

[Brad Ramsey]

I love this question
Unfortunately, unless you buy from a breeder....you will never know your chameleon's birthday.
I have seen 4 month olds that are half the size of yours and 2 month old babies that are bigger.
How old?
?????????????????
Less than a year for sure!

-Brad

 

[Brad Ramsey]

Here's a picture of my veiled at 6 weeks old (from a breeder...I know his hatchdate) he's sitting on the tip of my index finger. Look at his size compared to my fingernail!!!
6 weeks is almost 2 months.....see....you just can't tell!

https://www.chameleonforums.com/att...ing-temp-baby-chameleons-baby-6-weeks-old.jpg

-Brad

 

[dodolah]

I don't think it's 4 months old

I say around 2 months or younger
here is the picture of my 4 months old veiled chameleon.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=3151&c=3&userid=2276

 

[bg77]

My guess would be 1 1/2 months or so......

 

[PardalisGirl]

I like Brad's answer.........

I like Brad's responses.........After my first clutch of eggs hatched I found out how much chameleons can differ with regard to growth rates. You can take a group of siblings, have them in the same cage, eating the same food and end up with drastically different sized chameleons. In a sense it does not really matter how old this little guy really is. I think we can all agree that he is of an age and size where he needs to be pounding the food down!

 

[SuperRad]

Just for size comparison purposes, here are mine. the one in the front 6 1/2 weeks old. the one in the back 4 weeks old



Here is the one in the front 5 weeks later, he was 11 weeks old during this pic

 

[stevereecy]

i just got this veiled from a pet store and they said they think they are 4 months what do you think

Here is a picture of some that are 1 month old: I'm hoping its ignorance instead of deception. Both are bad.

 

[dectr6]

Here's a picture of my veiled at 6 weeks old (from a breeder...I know his hatchdate) he's sitting on the tip of my index finger. Look at his size compared to my fingernail!!!
6 weeks is almost 2 months.....see....you just can't tell!

https://www.chameleonforums.com/att...ing-temp-baby-chameleons-baby-6-weeks-old.jpg

-Brad

Does this in any way indicate the health of the baby? Is the very small six week old like is on your finger just as healthy as a six week old that is twice his size? What factors are involved in the vastly different sizes? Is it genetics, food intake, combination of both or nobody knows? I had no idea there could be such a huge gap in sizes. Thanks david

 

[dodolah]

Does this in any way indicate the health of the baby? Is the very small six week old like is on your finger just as healthy as a six week old that is twice his size? What factors are involved in the vastly different sizes? Is it genetics, food intake, combination of both or nobody knows? I had no idea there could be such a huge gap in sizes. Thanks david

i think one side is his metabolic rate.
Just like some people can eat and eat and eat and not gain weight.
While there are others who just eat a bit, and immediately shows.

it's genetic and also the amount of nutrition, gutload, and etc etc.