chammiesndragons
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This thread is 3 yrs old incase you did not see. I am sure by now her chameleon is deceased if she kept doing what she is doing in the picture. Not recommended wrapping the poor thing in a towel.
Yes I did realize. But, I feel that there is a lot of over speculation on this forum and site in general. I went to my local reptile specialist and he told me that the most dangerous place to be for a reptile is on a forum lol because most of this stuff is based on opinion and not on science. I personally don't come here for advice really, just like to look at pictures and cham setups. Animals behave differently when raised in captivity. If chameleons are not normally social in the wild, then it's obviously different in captivity because they cuddle and are social with their owners. I don't think it's weird at all when someone tries something new and that it must mean the cham will die because it's unusual behavior for THEIR cham or ones they've seen. My cham likes being sprayed with warm water. She doesn't mind it. Cold is a different story, she hates that. So being wrapped in a warm towel might be soothing. My cham rubs her belly on my furniture and paces around like a dog before she gets settled and sleeps. It's really up to the cham. All chams have different personalities. People have to stop treating and saying things that would only pertain to the wild chams. Like "if I stick my finger near my cham she thinks it's a snake." Dori (my cham) doesn't even know what a snake is. She's never seen one. So maybe she gets a little like, "oh man, it's rushing me and I'm a slow creature so that's way too fast" lol. But she responds to slow movements. If I just stick my hand in there all fast, she doesn't like it, but if I do it slow so she can see it, then she's cool. I'm just saying, not everything on this forum is correct and every chams likes and dislikes are different upon a number of factors.