I have a female veiled chameleon. On a recent visit to a pet store i saw a male veiled that was very colorfull and big. I was just wondering why isnt mine like that? Thank-you in advance for all responses.
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My Pets Include: 1 Holland Lop Eared Rabbit, 2 Leoperd Geckos, 1 Veiled Chameleon, 1 Red Eared Slider, 1 Whites Tree Frog(I've owned many others in the past)
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Just a Question
victor_1616
Jun 12, 2004 05:21 PM
Replies (2)
lele
Jun 12, 2004 07:22 PM
Females are generally smaller and do not have the same coloration/brightness. Males show brightly when they are stressed and/or displaying for a female. Females do change when stressed or receptive (for mating). It's possible that his bright colors are due to a stressful environmnet in the pet store (they often do not give proper housing and care.
lele
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0.1 veiled - Luna
0.2 house geckos - Gaia & Tia (MIA 
0.2 felines - Kyndra and Líta
chunks_89
Jun 13, 2004 09:04 AM
I will add to that,
Males will show bright colours also when excited around feeding time or something else, when defending territory or when trying to cool themselves off. Not all males are similarly coloured, either. Some can be quite dull wihle others are very fluorescantly coloured.
