Lindsay,



It is very possible for Orion to be a male. I look after a number of panthers, and among them i have had a few "late bloomers". I have one panther "female" that i always thought was a female becuse of her colour and lack of hemal penal bulge. she was 7 months old at the time. I mixed her with one other female, thinking that it would be fine. Well, she got along fine with the other. About a month ago, she starting turning grey and blue(kind of resembling expensive marble floors ), and like your chamleon, her bars start turning dark. i took her out for closer inspection, i saw something that resembled a hemipenal bulge. a pretty small one. It was then i realised my "girl" is infact a Boy! So it is not uncommon for chameleons to start showing colour at 8 months or older. I had one other freind that reported the same asact thing. I guess the best thing to do is check for a hemipenal bulge. I always did that with my said chameleon, but he never seem to show any ealier on. even now it is a pretty small one. I hope he isn't a hermaphrodite!

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