Incompetence from tail amputation?

justjumpit621

justjumpit621

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I was just wondering if anyone has had an experience with breeding a male cham after their tail had to be amputated? Has anyone had any issues with incompetence? Wondering because someone with a female AmbilobexNosy be wants to breed to Calais and it was a thought that crossed my mind. He had some fungal complications but that has been fixed and he is in perfect health. Any reason why there should be complications with his um... **cough** performance?:eek:
 
Not a vet and definitely do not know enough about reptiles. But as a former vet tech I do remember that some dogs that has to have tails amputated due to trauma did have problems with incontinence. As I recall it was due to nerves that were damaged.
 
K9Luvn said:
Not a vet and definitely do not know enough about reptiles. But as a former vet tech I do remember that some dogs that has to have tails amputated due to trauma did have problems with incontinence. As I recall it was due to nerves that were damaged.
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I meant incompetance not incontenance hehe, the human version of unable to "get it up"
 
i would worry more about will the female would be receptive to him. is a tail something cham girls look at? i know some lady chams wont mate for in tact males i assume they must be super picky when it comes to choosing mates. wish real ladys were that choosey stupidity might not be an epidemic if dumb people didnt breed so often lol
 
He may have a small balance issue, but if it doesn't bother him the rest of the time I don't think it would make a difference during mating. They use their 'hands' to grab the female and hold on to her. I say this, because I did let Amy and Tommy get together last summer, but due to his partially paralysed arm he couldn't hold on to her to get himself positioned properly. Sadly, no mating took place although she was quite receptive to the idea (her normal reaction to him was utter hatred :rolleyes:) and she is yet to cycle another clutch of infertiles sine then.
 
I don't really know.. You could PM Olimpia I think one of her chameleons had his tail amputated due to an accident..:)
 
williamsrx said:
Actually I think you mean "impotence". I don't know why losing the tail that far out would affect that, but I don't know for sure.
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:D I'm sorry, but the words just got to me. I don't mean to make fun of your concern at all. Can a cham be incompetent if it's tail is missing? I had this bizarre mental image of a brontosaurus (that would normally have that secondary brain in their spine near the tail to help control the huge body)...acting silly because its tail was missing.

Please accept my dumb apologies!;)
 
Carlton said:
:D I'm sorry, but the words just got to me. I don't mean to make fun of your concern at all. Can a cham be incompetent if it's tail is missing? I had this bizarre mental image of a brontosaurus (that would normally have that secondary brain in their spine near the tail to help control the huge body)...acting silly because its tail was missing.

Please accept my dumb apologies!;)
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That is a funny image. :D But I know Calais' brains are all there so no worries ;) I guess I will just have to wait and find out.
 
Why didn't you just ask if he could get a "hard on" oops did I just say that?? hey, do chams privates even get hard? I am serious now!!!! I would like an educated, sophisticated response please...lol:rolleyes:
 
This should NOT effect his performance in any way. Most animals don't look at each part of the body to pick and choose their mate. That being said, it can be an issue if they were in the wild competing for mates (the tail can be used as a tool to hold on to branch as male fighting happens). The genitailia has not been damaged so should not be a problem. There are many dogs that get their tail bobbed and this does not effect their performace. Even in humans when there is a vasectomy done, this just prevents sperm from moving out of the body. Has no effect on performance--might even work better as there are no worries or stress about having childeren. Diseases can still be transfered... Hope this is not to much info.... (just took bio and human anatomy class) I knew it was good for something:D
 
carol5208 said:
Why didn't you just ask if he could get a "hard on" oops did I just say that?? hey, do chams privates even get hard? I am serious now!!!! I would like an educated, sophisticated response please...lol:rolleyes:
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If you really want to know just type hemipenes in the google image and you will see.
You must be from South Holland. lol:D
 
The answer is NOT AT ALL.

Daedalus is missing half his tail and a couple weeks ago I was cleaning out the cages and he caught a glimpse of my female free ranging across the room. I came back from throwing something out and he was practically sprinting across towards her, head bobbing and hemipenes a la ready! I scooped him up and narrowly avoided the mating but he certainly seemed ready to perform.

So I don't think your guy has anything to worry about, honestly!
 
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