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08-29-2008, 12:21 PM
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Male + Female Veiled in the same cage?
Hey I am looking into getting a female for my little guy and while I was looking around I found a lady here in lubbock that sells veileds and when I went to go look at what she had she had a cage that was 3x3x5-6 and she had a male and female veiled in it. I asked her if they were breeding them and she said that they are always together.
Is that a no no? Just from what I have seen on the forums noone has had more than one in a cage unless they were breeding them.
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08-29-2008, 12:23 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rocky
Hey I am looking into getting a female for my little guy and while I was looking around I found a lady here in lubbock that sells veileds and when I went to go look at what she had she had a cage that was 3x3x5-6 and she had a male and female veiled in it. I asked her if they were breeding them and she said that they are always together.
Is that a no no? Just from what I have seen on the forums noone has had more than one in a cage unless they were breeding them.
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after reaching 2.5 months of age, veileds generally become extremely territorial.
So, the answer to that is no no.
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08-29-2008, 12:24 PM
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usually a no no, depending on who is more dominant one will force the other out for things like basking spot, food, and i dunno something.
its best to keep them seperate except for when mating.
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08-29-2008, 12:27 PM
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that is kinda what i was thinking. It seemed like they were doing fine, she fed them while i was there and she put crickets/roaches in a feeder bowl and they just sat on opposite ends of it and shot them out one at a time. I know my male is really territorial about his cage if i open it up and put my hand in there for any reason he is literally right on me trying to get me out.
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08-29-2008, 02:21 PM
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They may look fine but likely over time their health will be affected.
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08-30-2008, 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by kinyonga
They may look fine but likely over time their health will be affected.
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i agree they may seem fine right now because if the cage size but after a wile they will fight
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08-30-2008, 03:37 PM
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they will KILL each other. that cage is not big enough for two veileds, especially a male and a female.
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08-30-2008, 04:16 PM
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How old were these chams?
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