Average Lengtth of Full Grown Female Panthers?

[ChameleonAlley]

I'm curious about what the average length of full grown female panthers are because my female seems so much smaller than my full grown male. I'm pretty sure she's already passed one receptive cycle, as she got extremely pink for a time, and is now back to her more normal color. If my calculations are right, she should be right at about a year, but seems to be about half the size of my full grown male.

She is 5 and 1/2" snout to vent and 10" total length. Does this seem like a small female to you all or about average? I would weigh her but don't have a gram scale here. Thanks everyone.

 

[boj3434]

Thats a little small but she could easily still grow. Some can grow slightly up to two years old so unless she had problems with nutrition when she was younger she could easily grow a few extra inches so I wouldnt worry about it.

 

[ChameleonAlley]

Thanks for the response and input. She's always been very healthy. In fact, I'm starting to allow less feeders as she's a little on the hefty side. I'm thinking about breeding her in the future but want to make sure she is suitable to do so. I know being hefty is not suitable, so I'm slowly working her to a better girth. I just don't want to breed an undersized female, and I can't seem to find much info on what average sized females are. I just read on a website that most females are about half the size of males. If this is true, than she's right at about half the size of my male.

 

[ChameleonAlley]

I've never showed my male to my female, but I just did so to see if she is receptive. I've never seen her turn the crazy pink colors that she just did. My male immediately started to bob his head right in my hand and fire up gorgeously! I wanted to post some pictures and see if this is the sign of a receptive female? Sorry, this thread should probably be moved to the breeding thread.

 

[sandrachameleon]

She looks healthy and definately NOT receptive.

 

[ChameleonAlley]

Thanks Sandra, lol! So, I'm guessing she should not be gaping when she is receptive? What other signs should I look for? I've read about a constant peach color when not around the male??

 

[Cainschams]

Beautiful female!! If she is receptive she should not gape or pose a threatening posture. She should also stay a nice peach or pinkish color. When the male tries to advance she should turn away (calmly) so he can mount her from behind.

This was my females typical unreceptive colors if no male was in sight.

Her unreceptive and displaying it to a male.

Here she was receptive. Note she had an eye issue at the time.

Here her and a male mating.

 

[ChameleonAlley]

Thank you so much for the kind words and help Cains! Those pictures help me perfectly. I've been searching and couldn't find good pictures to display the different states. Nice female you got there, too.

 

[ChameleonAlley]

Out of curiosity, is it impossible for a successful mating when the female is unresponsive. Don't worry, I'm not going to try to mate them until my female is responsive, but I'm curious to how the process works. How many times a year does a female typically become responsive? Thanks for any responses all.