why is she purple

[chameleoman]

Ok in know i have quite a few thread going on right now but my baby female veiled keeps turning pitch black/purple ill post a pic but its not that clear i hope shes ok shes gonna be my future breeder but heres a pic
(p.s. i already separated her from the male she just ate some mantis and drank some water and she was WAY DARKER than the pictures show)

 

[Elizadolots]

It's time to put her in her own space and let her own it. Give her places to hide. If she's still displaying angry colors after that, it might be a cause for concern.

 

[chameleoman]

she is in her own container in a 10 gallon tank she cant see the male thats why im concerned

 

[shineru]

she is in her own container in a 10 gallon tank she cant see the male thats why im concerned

well imo a 10 gallon tank container doesn't sound like such a good idea maybe a small reptibrezz size cage could be better? i do see in the picture that you seem to have her in some sour of screen cage & thats good! , sorry if am wrong. I strolling recommend you filling the " how to ask for help " form, so everyone can give you a pull up here & there. Good luck with your female tho she is a cutiie

 

[chameleoman]

that picture was taken before i put her in the tank the tank is only temporary im getting a screen one next week

 

[chameleoman]

anyone else? she slept in green colors and woke up, walked to a corner and turned purple

 

[chameleoman]

man im getting a lot of help here

 

[chameleoman]

Shes that color all day now I put her back in the screen cage but put a piece of cardboard in the middle until I sell the male or get another setup so she cant see him she ate 1 waxworm about 3 days ago she ate crickets the same day and the next but yesterday she didnt want to eat so I force fed her 1 small cricket which wuz very difficult but I dont want her to die so she wasnt interested in any more I offered her crickets 30 min ago and she ignored them will taking her outside fir sun help anyway? Amd when ever I take her out of her cage and hold her she gets and stays green is it possible that maybe she just wants to be out of her cage all the time?

 

[chameleoman]

Thanks everyone for all the replies

 

[djfishygillz]

I think she is fine buddy just leave her alone. Force feeding is super stressful. She is probably stressed out of her mind. Just put her in a decent cage alone with proper lighting, misting 3 times a day and offer a little food. I think she looks good just needs some time to relax. Chameleons won't eat when they are constantly touched and handled.

Just let her relax for a bit. The dark colors are most likely from being handled a lot.

 

[Higgins]

How often are you handling her? How often do you mist? What temperature is she kept at? What are you offering for food besides waxworms and crickets? Do you have any roach nymps that can be offered?

 

[djfishygillz]

Post a few more pictures...

I may also be a bit out of the loop on her. What was the primary cause for concern?

I had my veileds in the same cage for the first 3 months of their life and they did fine together...

 

[Higgins]

i agree with dj that she's prob super stressed. The more you handle and try to mess with her, the worse off she'll probably be.

 

[Wykd]

yeah some sound replies imo. My cham's notice every little detail. if /i pull one out and let them free range on a tree/plant and make a change to their enclosure while they are out they know it going back in and will often scamper off and play like a leaf for a day or so and then wander around and reaclimate.

They truly do have to feel secure and master of their surroundings.

 

[chameleoman]

I think she is fine buddy just leave her alone. Force feeding is super stressful. She is probably stressed out of her mind. Just put her in a decent cage alone with proper lighting, misting 3 times a day and offer a little food. I think she looks good just needs some time to relax. Chameleons won't eat when they are constantly touched and handled.

Just let her relax for a bit. The dark colors are most likely from being handled a lot.

First of all thanks for the respose, I havent held her in about 5 days but ill leave her be thanks again

 

[ChameleonNerd]

any idea what the basking temperature is? she might be too hot

 

[djfishygillz]

How is she looking now?

 

[chameleoman]

there temps are reading 72.7 right now with 47% humidity


@djfishygillz shes still black but more like a light brown black shes walking around i misted her and the leaves with room temperature water and she ran she didnt drink and i dont think she ate today i put a cup of crickets and she ignored them so i doubt she ate any

 

[djfishygillz]

there temps are reading 72.7 right now with 47% humidity


@djfishygillz shes still black but more like a light brown black shes walking around i misted her and the leaves with room temperature water and she ran she didnt drink and i dont think she ate today i put a cup of crickets and she ignored them so i doubt she ate any

Dang. Have you tried misting with warm water? Also babies for me normally don't cup feed. Have you tried free ranging crickets? Or fruit flies? You can get fruit fly cups from petco that are actually pretty healthy and active.

 

[chameleoman]

I was feeding her the fruit flies from petco but she got to big for them thw whole jar was problaly like 1 meal so I started feeding crickets baby ones do you think I should get some fruit flies again? Maybe she was addicted to them I didnt want to free range feed because the fruit flies were escaping and my mom got mad since I had her all she ate was fruit flies from a cup so she started cup feeding at about 3 weeks of age