breeding season

[pudge]

Hi is there a breeding season for veileds? If so when is it? Is it just once a year?

 

[bradley]

they will do it all yaer round especially the males

 

[pudge]

How often will a female be ready? How many times a year will she lay eggs?

 

[pssh]

Breeding is recomended once a year max. If you keep the temps low enough and feed her the minimum when she becomes of breeding age she may never lay eggs. By not laying eggs at all you are allowing her body to be healthy enough to live far longer than the average chameleon. Some people can get their veiled and panther females to live 6+ years.

 

[pudge]

I would actually like to breed eventually.
So is there anything you do to get her ready to breed? Besides the normal stuff like candles, marvin gay, and vodka.

 

[pssh]

Breeding shouldn't happen before she's a year old. During pregnancy she shouldn't be fed too much, but more than the normal 6 feeders everyother day, and all should be dusted with plain calcium without d3. After pregnancy for a few days you should give extra food, water, and calcium.

When placing her in with the male you will know if she is ready or not by her reaction. She will either let the male advance or she could try to attck him/hiss and gape at him.

 

[Pumpkinface]

from what i learned veilds in the wild usually mate when it gets cooler out. like before the rainy season or something. its really funny this post came up today. my 9 month old female and 4 month old male both had their heat lamps die today, so i just had regular 100 watt bulbs like for house lamps. before i went out to get new bulbs, we decided to compare our giant 4 month old male to prove to ourselves he was the same size as the 9 month old female... weeeell to get to the point, i guess with the temp drop they started courting on my arm... i quickly moved them off my arm on to our couch and they... well... we left them alone for an hour and a half for "chameleon cuddling" its a soap opera now because i bought that female for the males father! he was very very pissed off colored at us... the father and his old mate used to hook up (when i meant for it to happen) when i turned the A/C on.

 

[pudge]

thats a funny story!

 

[pssh]

Do you mean they mated? If so, why did you let them mate at such a young age? Especially the female?

 

[kinyonga]

If you are mating a chameleon and she starts to produce eggs she should be fed more than if you are trying to prevent eggs from being produced because you want the chameleon to have enough nutrients to sustain her body and to produce the eggs. I feed the female well for a couple of days after she lays the eggs and then I cut back on the feeding to control the production of eggs.

 

[Pumpkinface]

pssh Do you mean they mated? If so, why did you let them mate at such a young age? Especially the female?

i didnt mean to, i swear! she starting doing the walking away thing and he followed (running)after her up and down my arm on to the couch. before my wife and i could react they were... its gross i didnt want to touch them! i put a shield over Orbits cage, but it was too late, he saw his son court his potential mate! i didnt want to mate her for months yet, but my wife says she's an evil evil cham who deservers to die young... as for me i'm hoping it didnt take, wont know till she shows the colors

 

[pssh]

At 4 months he's pretty young. Hopefully she won't become gravid. Keep a laying bin there...