Outside

[mrniceveiled]

Took my chameleon outside and he totally freaked out! He turned crazy yellow and sunburst and puffed up to the size of a softball! Ive never seen colors like this in him before! Is it normal that they are afraid of the outdoors like this? It was so hard to get him to come back in, I was afraid he would snap my finger off if i tried to grab him. He is never like that in my room, usually chills out and explores inside with no problems. This little trip out doors probably stressed him out a bunch. Should I forget about the outdoors and just keep him inside? For now he is just hanging out not moving in his cage. Hopefully he will recover and forget about it in no time!

 

[renzo0684]

Seems to me that he likes the outside and when he snipped at you tells me he did not want to come back inside... what type of chameleon is he? and what was the temp outside?

 

[kinyonga]

Generally chameleons act differently when they are take outside. IMHO part of it is because they are out of their territory (cage/house) and it puts them on guard for predators, etc.

 

[mrniceveiled]

Haha maybe lol! It's a male veiled and hes 10.5 months. The temps outside were mid 70's and really sunny. I doubt he didn't want to come in though, he was pissed from the beginning lol.

 

[mrniceveiled]

Those of you that do bring your chams outside, how do you go about doing so?

 

[renzo0684]

I take my veiled outside all the time... I take his dragon plant out and set it on a table in my yard and than I set Japser in it. He will turn a very cool color of green and yellow. When I bring him back in he will turn the his normal darker colors....

 

[mrniceveiled]

I took him outside again this time on a big plant and he seemed a lot less upset. Here's a couple pics from when I brought him back inside. His colors are finally starting to come in real nice! : )

 

[Breeze]

how old is he, lhe looks nice

 

[mrniceveiled]

He is ten and a half months now...

 

[renzo0684]

can you post pics of the full cage?

 

[mrniceveiled]

Here are some pics of the cage and of him today!

 

[mrniceveiled]

No love for Mr. Nice Guy? Any input would be appreciated as this is my first cham!

Here are a couple pics on his favorite tree!

Thanks

 

[tananda]

He's pretty & the cage looks cool.