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1. My 4month veiled doesn't sleep in the same place night to night...I know they usually sleep in the same place..but mine always seems to be in a different place and even different positions. He is usually in a vertical position, but sometimes he sleeps horizontal and even facing the ground...one time he slept on his backing branch. The lights go out at 8pm every night and on again at 8am via timer. Is there any danger or reason for this or is it just more evidence of the different personalities in chams?

2. Do chameleons have ears? If they do, how good is their hearing? Why does it seem like you could yell right next to them and they won't wake up? (no i don't do this)

3. Are millipedes ok to feed veiled chams? I found a small one about a .5" and its black with many legs so i assumed its a milipede...just wondering if dex would enjoy this.

Just some random questions for tonight.
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1.0 Baby Sunburst Veiled Chameleon -- Dexter

1. You said..."My 4month veiled doesn't sleep in the same place
night to night...I wouldn't worry about it as long as he's
behaving normally other than that. He will likely get into the
habit soon...most do.

2. You said..."Do chameleons have ears? If they do, how good is
their hearing? Why does it seem like you could yell right next
to them and they won't wake up? (no i don't do this)"...yes they
do, but there is no external eardrum or tympanic membrane. The
eardrum is covered with skin. They don't hear very well....
and from what I've read are more likely to hear the lower sounds.

Here's a site that you might be interested in...
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/5014/hoot.html

3. You said..."Are millipedes ok to feed veiled chams? I found a
small one about a .5" and its black with many legs so i assumed
its a milipede...just wondering if dex would enjoy this"....
most (if not all) millipedes ooze toxic substances
(benzoquinones) as a defence against predators....so I wouldn't
feed them to chameleons.

However...these same toxins that are released are used by various
monkeys and lemurs to repel insects. They roll/rub the millipedes
all over themselves.