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Hi i'm a new owner of a veiled cham and i just had a fes questions about how to distinguish the sex of baby chams...I've read that male chams have larger heads and spikes behind thier back legs but i was wondering if these traits come later in life?

Can someone help me?

I do not have a veiled, have a panther and werneri chameleons, but I think I can help.

You should be able to sex at any age.

*Male veileds are easy to identify from birth by the presence of a small triangular, fleshy appendage that stems from the crux of the rear feet.

This appendage is called a tarsal spur, and is a reliable method of sexing veiled chameleons.

This was borrowed from a very good site you may want to read in your spare time. Link below

Wish you all the best with your youngster, post some pics for us real soon
Veiled Chameleons

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Thanks. Also thanks for the like but i already have read that pretty well and have it in my bookmarks. i'm not really sure how to post pics on here and i spent all my money for a camera on my cham..LOL But it was totally worth it! Are these spurs easy to spot cause i can't seem to find the mbut that is probably because the cham i have is female. Eve if your wondering i was the one that sent you the e-mail yesterday. So this un-mated egg laying thing? How young generally to they start this? Cause right after i got her i came home one day and she was full of potting soil from a plant pot so she was obviously digging in the soil but i thought nothing of it, because of her age and size.So I cleaned her off and checked out the cage and there were no eggs to be found.