You can house a trio of veileds together, I have seen it done. Mind you the person who had this trio had a decade or more experience with numerous species of chameleons. His cage was about 5 feet by 2.5 feet by 4 feet with 1.2 veileds.

He said IT IS POSSIBLE, BUT NOT ADVISABLE. If you're going to house chameleons in pairs or trios or communities, you have to monitor and TAKE NOTES on each individual's behaviour, feeding habits, stress levels, mating habits, aggression, basking, hiding, roaming, lethargy, etc etc etc etc etc. It sounds like less work keeping them together, but in the end it is more work because you have to watch so many things you wouldn't have to if they were individual, especially making sure they all eat the food you give them equally. As you can see, the majority of the people here advise against it. I, on the other hand, suggest you try it. I suggest you make a cage 6'L x 3'W x 5'H, if you see ANY aggression whatsoever from ANY of the chameleons, put plywood dividers so you make 3 separate cages in the one larger cage. So each cage will be 2x3x5, which is good individual dimensions. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE PLYWOOD DIVIDERS BEFORE ANYTHING HAPPENS, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THEM READY FOR WHEN THE TIME COMES. Don't wait to go out and buy them, please make sure you have them beforehand.



The breeder who kept them together picked them out of about 400 chameleons, so they were used to each other for a while, and he was lucky they stayed nice to each other as they aged.



Remember that the male will live almost twice the age of the females, and when the females die he will be all alone and could actually die of lonliness, just like some dogs and other pets do. Chameleons do have a good memory despite the popular belief that humans are the only ones with brains and feelings.



-Brock

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