Captive Chameleons Chameleons — especially young hatchlings — often like to sleep on a branch directly below a leaf. The leaf makes it hard for predators to see the little lizards, and it also likely helps to prevent their body temperatures from dropping too low.

A chameleon just sleeps at night. It is not active and will not eat or walk around. In the wild it is actually pretty easy to find sleeping chameleons. At night they turn light green in color.

Chameleon do sleep in the dark. The darker it is the better it is for them to sleep. In the wild, when the moon isn’t out, it will be pitched black so they’re used to that. Also, chameleons are not nocturnal lizards so they can’t see in the dark.

Don’t worry about the circulation, they will be fine. I cover my cages with sheets and completely cover the whole thing at night if I have my chameleons sleeping indoors. We have a bird in the room which I don’t want to leave in the dark, so I cover the cages from the light at night time.

Her falling asleep on your hand could very well be stress induced. If you’re handling her a lot and “petting” her, she could be getting so stressed that she shuts down her body and goes to sleep.

Chameleons in distress turn very dark and dull-colored, so that’s typically what color they are when dead. Chameleons in distress turn very dark and dull-colored, so that’s typically what color they are when dead. They turn very dark, almost black, but after a few hours sometimes return to there base coloring.

Chameleons are diurnal, which means that they are mainly active during the day. They are very aggressive towards other chameleons. However normally they are very shy and when startled or feeling threatened they may curl into a tight foetal position, darken in colour, and “play dead”.

On average though chameleons will sleep around twelve hours a day. Whether they actually need that much sleep is debatable but they tend to sleep as long as the lights are off and are often in position to sleep around half an hour before lights go off.

Chameleons prefer a drop in temperature at night, we recommend a low wattage heat bulb such as a Nightlight Red or Nocturnal Infrared Heat Lamp. UVB Lighting should be left on for 10-12 hours per day and turned off at night.

Chameleons are known for their bright colors so if they are a dull, dark, or ashey in color instead of being vibrant, this can indicate your chameleon is sick. Dehydration, skin issues, a low body temperature, lack of UVB rays, malnutrition, stress, and other things can cause your chameleon to have a color change.

Chameleons don’t hear well, but they can hear some sounds. Softschools.com reports that they can pick up sounds that fall in the frequency range between 200 and 600 Hz. Not too bad for a reptile who doesn’t have ears or the traditional hearing equipment that other animals have.

Certain types of fruits can be a good supplement to a chameleon’s diet. Choose fruits that are high in nutrients and that possess a high calcium to low phosphorus ratio. Some fruits in this category are apples, peaches, blueberries, prickly pear cactus, mango, melons, bananas and cantaloupe.

One viral video of a man blowing pot smoke into his pet chameleon’s mouth has triggered a firestorm of debate. Goggs said that yes, pets can get high, given that animals like dogs, cats, pigs, chickens, monkeys, even rats, all possess the cannabinoid receptors that allow them to respond to THC the way people do.

Can Chameleons swim? No, however, they will attempt to float. There are some videos and clips of them attempting to swim, but in reality, they are not built for swimming. Other lizards can swim (click to see full article), but Chameleons are not natural swimmers.

A Chameleon can travel at speeds of up to 21 miles per hour.

The dark brown, nearly black part is the feces. This contains all the digestive waste of a chameleon and doesn’t usually smell. It should generally be soft, firm and form a good shape although a staple diet of silkworms or hornworms may make the feces a bit runny.

Chameleons have teeth that are specifically made for crunching insects. They are sharp and tiny. Unlike humans, chameleons do not have replacement teeth. In other words, they have no baby teeth.

Keep Handling to a Minimum Chameleons are solitary animals. A chameleons bite is painful, however, not toxic or harmful to humans. Handling can cause chameleons to have chronic low-level stress, which leads to poor health.

Do chameleon bites hurt? Most chameleon species are too small to bite hard enough to feel anything more than a bit of a stinging sensation and they’re unlikely to break the skin.