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hi
i was wondering what the moods and the colours are for a vieled chameleon. if you can help me out that would be great.
thanx

Hey,
Just here to say veiled chams rock, and enjoy the time spent with him/her. I used to have a baby female cham. She came down very sick , she was a runt of the clutch, I miss her very much.

On a positive note, one cool pattern I always remembered her doing was when climbing up say a pillow, she'd turn all nice and colorful with blue poka dots,lol. Excited?

Who knows,
I too am interested in what the colorations mean.

Pretty much the only emotion I know of a cham is black, or dark purple lol(When angry, scared, stressed,etc). I remember my baby once had a lady bug fly on her. She pumped up and down. I've never seen an animal turn so dark purple,lol.

Steven

Veileds vary a lot because of their bloodlines, but generally the more intense and bright their markings the more excited they are. As the excitement becomes extreme fear or anger the dark markings tend to expand. A comfortable calm veiled is duller and paler. If they are too hot they will look bleached out and yellowish and if too cold they will be dark and brownish overall. When asleep they turn an even light green (but their normal stripes are still visible). You can tell a lot about their mood by their body posture too. A pissed territorial veiled tends to puff up his body and curl and uncurl his tail, puff out his throat and stand tall off the perch. A frightened timid one will have darker subdued color, will hide behind a perch and will crouch low and try to creep away from view.