Hi, I have a female & male veiled chameleon.

They should be around the same age but the female seems half the size of the male or smaller.

Does anyone know if male veileds grow faster than the females?

Thanks!

How old are they? Initially, growth may be about the same. But as they mature it would be possible for the male to be twice the size/weight of the female. Not literally twice as long, but a bit longer in hte body and a lot beefier. We have an adult female veiled that weighs about 100g and a male that weighs 220g.

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Hi, from what I was told (2 different sellers), both were born on December 07. The female is really tiny like. She's 1 1/2 inches. The male is 3 1/2 inches and fatter. STV

That size difference does seem a bit extreme and I wonder if the female is not thriving for some reason. We have not raised baby chams. Hopefully an experienced breeder will offer advice here shortly.

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I was wondering the same thing. She doesn't seem to be getting any bigger. I've had her for about a month now. I've been feeding her crickets and fruit flies. She doesn't like silkworms. I was thinking of weighing her but she's sleeping right now.

Do you have them housed together?
Are they competing for food?

-Brad

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Hi, no they are in 2 separate enclosures. They can't see each other and I cup feed both.

Describe their enclosures and the lighting you are using, also the temps.

-Brad

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We got 3 baby veileds at a reptile show all about 2 mos old and not related. 1 female and 1 male grew steadily while 1 female did not. I bought a scale and weigh all my chams( especially the babies ) every Monday. So when 1 wasn't growing i could tell right away. As it turned out in my case, i had the 3 cages all together and had put a brown paper bag in between the cages so they coudn't see each other. To my surprise 3 weeks later , i noticed that they coudln't see each other, but they could see shadows and the female that was in the middle could see the shadows of the other 2 and even though she was eating as much as they were, was not putting on any weight at all. Once i solved that problem she put on 2-4 gr a week and is now up to 34 gr. As far as the male and other female there is quite a bit of difference in weight, but like someone said she will only be half of the weight of him. Weigh her and try to see some other underlying problem as to why she might not be gaining.

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Cage Info:

Cage Type - Screen Cage. 36"H, 18"L, 17"D.

Lighting - Reptisun fluorescent tube 5.0, 18 inches that goes across the top of the enclosure. I keep it on from 730 to 7pm.

Temperature - Basking spot is 80-85F. Temps at night from 65-71F.

Humidity - I try to keep it at 40-70%.

Plants - Live ficus and pothos, 2nd enclosure where female is has hibiscus and pothos.