Han0915
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Hello all!
So my newfound love for Chameleons these past 7 months have gotten me wanting to breed them, and I'm essentially prepared to start! I'm just a little confused about one certain thing however, so I apologize if this sounds stupid lol.
So my male, Felix, is almost 10 months old, and just a few days ago, I bought a 8-9 month old female. I've read that it's wise to wait until a year old to breed the female, so I'm happy to do that.... but what I'm confused about is, what if she begins showing she's receptive? As of now, she's definitely not receptive to my male (though he is 100% ready to do the deed lol) so I've covered her so she can't see him and can basically just take her time. I'd actually like to wait til she gains a little more weight since she's only 60g right now, and I've read the magic number is at least 70g. But I guess what confuses me is, lets say a week from now she becomes receptive to the male... Is that when I should technically let the breeding happen? So she doesn't end up producing infertile eggs instead? Again, I'm sorry if that is a dumb question lol but I know females can still produce eggs regardless if bred, so I'm just confused as to the timeline that I have when she starts showing she's ready to breed.
I have everything prepared in a sense that I'm just waiting on her to become ready, but I wanted to have more understanding about the actual timeline I have to breed her before she produces infertile eggs and I miss that window to introduce her to the male for a successful breeding. I'm more than happy to wait until she's a year old for her overall health, but I also don't want to miss a chance at breeding her if she does become receptive soon because I figured she'd be going through the stress of laying infertile eggs for nothing.... if that makes sense?
I'm happy to post some pictures of the pair tomorrow once they're awake; she actually is quite larger than I thought she'd be, so even though she's younger than recommended age... I think she'd be fine to breed as long as I can pack on just a tad bit more weight. She's a veryyyy chubby, healthy girl as is haha but I'm trying to do good on her too.
At the end of the day, I wanna do my best for both of them and especially for her, so I hope I can clear up this confusion that I'm having with the breeding timeline and such. Hope all of this makes sense haha, I just haven't been able to find an answer to this question yet!
So my newfound love for Chameleons these past 7 months have gotten me wanting to breed them, and I'm essentially prepared to start! I'm just a little confused about one certain thing however, so I apologize if this sounds stupid lol.
So my male, Felix, is almost 10 months old, and just a few days ago, I bought a 8-9 month old female. I've read that it's wise to wait until a year old to breed the female, so I'm happy to do that.... but what I'm confused about is, what if she begins showing she's receptive? As of now, she's definitely not receptive to my male (though he is 100% ready to do the deed lol) so I've covered her so she can't see him and can basically just take her time. I'd actually like to wait til she gains a little more weight since she's only 60g right now, and I've read the magic number is at least 70g. But I guess what confuses me is, lets say a week from now she becomes receptive to the male... Is that when I should technically let the breeding happen? So she doesn't end up producing infertile eggs instead? Again, I'm sorry if that is a dumb question lol but I know females can still produce eggs regardless if bred, so I'm just confused as to the timeline that I have when she starts showing she's ready to breed.
I have everything prepared in a sense that I'm just waiting on her to become ready, but I wanted to have more understanding about the actual timeline I have to breed her before she produces infertile eggs and I miss that window to introduce her to the male for a successful breeding. I'm more than happy to wait until she's a year old for her overall health, but I also don't want to miss a chance at breeding her if she does become receptive soon because I figured she'd be going through the stress of laying infertile eggs for nothing.... if that makes sense?
I'm happy to post some pictures of the pair tomorrow once they're awake; she actually is quite larger than I thought she'd be, so even though she's younger than recommended age... I think she'd be fine to breed as long as I can pack on just a tad bit more weight. She's a veryyyy chubby, healthy girl as is haha but I'm trying to do good on her too.
At the end of the day, I wanna do my best for both of them and especially for her, so I hope I can clear up this confusion that I'm having with the breeding timeline and such. Hope all of this makes sense haha, I just haven't been able to find an answer to this question yet!