Nicodemayo
Avid Member
Well i decided I'd bring this up to see what people would say about my female veiled. I have had Leaf since she was about 5 weeks old. I bought her from a breeder that lives about an hour away from me. My roomate has a male veiled thats around 10 months old now so i know hes ready to breed but heres my question. My female is about 5 months old and HUGE for her age. When i bought her she was soooo tiny and delicate and i fed her well when she was little which is why I think she is so big now. Ive read that feeding a female
alot when theyre little can trigger them to reach maturity way sooner than they should but based on her weight, i dont think her early blossoming is to big of a problem. Shes 5 months or so right now but when she was last at the vet on valentines day she weighed in at 112g which after some searching and browsing the forum is about what alot of adult females weigh. Today while putting her in her new cage i had her out and out of curiosity, i took showed her to my roomates male. He immediately flared up and started showing off his colors. Leaf, whom was on my arm, crouched down, pinched me really tight and showed bright green with blue bars running her side, and lots of blue on her casque. Ive never seen her display like this before she looked amazing. She didnt hiss nor turn dark. She pulled her tail upward and just stayed there, waiting for bud and he practically ran out of the cage i had to pull leaf away cause they surely would have bred on my arm. Shes so receptive its incredible and every bit of her behavior was textbook of what a female should look like when shes ready to breed. I wasnt planning on breeding her for another month or so but what do you guys suggest? How soon have some of you bred a female veiled. I know most of you wont recommend breeding until shes about 8 months or more but i wanted to ask the question anyway. I have a pod of hornworms that are pretty much full grown and she ate one today. I talked to the guy i bought her from and i believe hes a wholesaler but occasionally he'll post on kingsnake he said that hes bred large females like mine at this age with great success. I want to be patient but its hard cause she seems so damn ready! Just wanted to hear what you guys had to say.
Heres a pic of the horn worm i snapped today. I know this may sound wierd but hornworms are amazing looking lol. They get big sooooo fast.
Heres Leaf. I took these pics on the 23rd of feb
NOTE* I did not breed her today so do not get the wrong impression.
alot when theyre little can trigger them to reach maturity way sooner than they should but based on her weight, i dont think her early blossoming is to big of a problem. Shes 5 months or so right now but when she was last at the vet on valentines day she weighed in at 112g which after some searching and browsing the forum is about what alot of adult females weigh. Today while putting her in her new cage i had her out and out of curiosity, i took showed her to my roomates male. He immediately flared up and started showing off his colors. Leaf, whom was on my arm, crouched down, pinched me really tight and showed bright green with blue bars running her side, and lots of blue on her casque. Ive never seen her display like this before she looked amazing. She didnt hiss nor turn dark. She pulled her tail upward and just stayed there, waiting for bud and he practically ran out of the cage i had to pull leaf away cause they surely would have bred on my arm. Shes so receptive its incredible and every bit of her behavior was textbook of what a female should look like when shes ready to breed. I wasnt planning on breeding her for another month or so but what do you guys suggest? How soon have some of you bred a female veiled. I know most of you wont recommend breeding until shes about 8 months or more but i wanted to ask the question anyway. I have a pod of hornworms that are pretty much full grown and she ate one today. I talked to the guy i bought her from and i believe hes a wholesaler but occasionally he'll post on kingsnake he said that hes bred large females like mine at this age with great success. I want to be patient but its hard cause she seems so damn ready! Just wanted to hear what you guys had to say.
Heres a pic of the horn worm i snapped today. I know this may sound wierd but hornworms are amazing looking lol. They get big sooooo fast.
Heres Leaf. I took these pics on the 23rd of feb
NOTE* I did not breed her today so do not get the wrong impression.