I've never posted here before and I'm a first time chameleon owner looking for some advice . I have a 6/7 month old female veiled chameleon who I think is showing some unusual behavior and I've thought of 2 possible explanations but was hoping for some input from more experienced owners.
I've noticed that she seems to be climbing the sides of her enclosure a lot, especially the front and sides,not so much the back & top, and this behavior seems to increase when I come close to her enclosure, this doesn't happen everytime just some of the time, she isn't doing this constantly and is content basking and just chilling. (going to attach some pictures of her enclosure if Im able to/figure out how to do that) and she seems to want to come out a lot, I'm concerned about this because I'm aware this can be a sigh of boredom and understimulation.
A few details about her enclosure: it's a large reptibreeze, she has a laying bin and a mixture of real and fake plants aswell as branches and a vine. Her basking area averages around 27-30 degrees Celsius (I'm from the uk) and humidity around 50% during the day, at night it's around 16-20 degrees and 60-80% humidity, she's on a diet and locusts and crickets, boths Small/medium. She has a linear UVB that's I believe 12% from Arcadia (?) And obviously a heat lamp
I'm conflicted as I got her from a local family owned pet shop that we visit all the time and are familiar with the owner and employees and she was with 2 other females veiled and out of the 3, she was the most explorative and outgoing she came up to the glass and didn't have any signs of discomfort/fear when handled by me and the employee at the shop, she was quite eager
e this is still true now, she seems completely relaxed to be handled and very willingly will come into my hand when offered and doesn't always want to go back (I haven't handled her a bunch, maybe 4-5 times for short periods as I'm not sure about this behavior and don't also want to scare her by handling her a lot as she's still settling in) This is why I'm considering she may just be a social chameleon, also I got her on a Monday and it's Wednesday of the same week so I am still very new to owning her but she is also already comfortable being hand fed from tweezers and out of my hand which also makes me think she's might just be social as I've literally only had her 3 days. She was shy for the first day and does still occasionally puff up and go darker colours when approached or just when she's displeased but most of the time is just chill.
Hoping for some opinions and advice from more experienced people, please lmk if you'd like any more information
Also:
the coconut you see in her enclosure isn't a hide or anything, it has a live plant in it but it kinda blends in so u can't rlly make it out.
I've noticed that she seems to be climbing the sides of her enclosure a lot, especially the front and sides,not so much the back & top, and this behavior seems to increase when I come close to her enclosure, this doesn't happen everytime just some of the time, she isn't doing this constantly and is content basking and just chilling. (going to attach some pictures of her enclosure if Im able to/figure out how to do that) and she seems to want to come out a lot, I'm concerned about this because I'm aware this can be a sigh of boredom and understimulation.
A few details about her enclosure: it's a large reptibreeze, she has a laying bin and a mixture of real and fake plants aswell as branches and a vine. Her basking area averages around 27-30 degrees Celsius (I'm from the uk) and humidity around 50% during the day, at night it's around 16-20 degrees and 60-80% humidity, she's on a diet and locusts and crickets, boths Small/medium. She has a linear UVB that's I believe 12% from Arcadia (?) And obviously a heat lamp
I'm conflicted as I got her from a local family owned pet shop that we visit all the time and are familiar with the owner and employees and she was with 2 other females veiled and out of the 3, she was the most explorative and outgoing she came up to the glass and didn't have any signs of discomfort/fear when handled by me and the employee at the shop, she was quite eager
Hoping for some opinions and advice from more experienced people, please lmk if you'd like any more information
Also:
the coconut you see in her enclosure isn't a hide or anything, it has a live plant in it but it kinda blends in so u can't rlly make it out.