Chameleon?
Okay guys, I really just need some good opinions. There’s a chameleon at the store I work at — she’s my best buddy. It’s a regular veiled chameleon, maybe 8 months old. Often when the tank gets too warm or when she starts frantically digging at the front of the glass, I’ll offer my hand to her. Whether she takes it or not is completely up to her (though she usually will).
I know reptiles don’t feel love or affection as we do and she likely recognizes that I both feed and won’t hurt her. She’s never puffed or hissed at me and she’s always light green with darker green stripes when she climbs around me. She loves hanging out on my head — likely because it’s the highest part of my body.
Be honest, should I set up a tank and bring her home? Or let someone else build trust with her and take her home? Is she going to hate me as she gets older — I’ve heard horror stories of that happening with veiled chameleons as they grow older because they’re more keen to isolation.
Again, I know chameleons are very sensitive, but idk if it would be the right or wrong choice to take her home with me.
(I might have also gendered her wrong, we haven’t had many male chameleons so I apologize if I did.)