do i want to breed them?

[dumbblondie]

i have 2 female yemen chameleons cammie & fiz & i've been advised by the pet shop to get a male do i or is this just the shop trying to get me to spend more money? so if i got the male do i put the male in with cammie & fiz or put cammie & fiz in with the male? when do i add them & when do i take them back out?

 

[Julirs]

That is just the pet store trying to sell you another chameleon or a very poorly informed person about chameleons. Are you housing your 2 females together? Most people would advise to keep them in separate cages. If you were to breed you would place the female in with the male.

 

[Cainschams]

This is your decision not the pet stores!!!!

 

[dumbblondie]

well right now they are in 1 cage but i'm getting a bigger cage if they fight or unhappy about sharing the cage i will section it off

 

[dumbblondie]

it would be nice to breed them but i have no idea about anything about breeding them or the eggs or babies so any advise will be greatfully recieved

 

[Cainschams]

http://raisingkittytheveiledchameleon.blogspot.com/
Here is a members site on raising veileds. There is a lot of useful info on here and I think Brad plans on breeding his new female in a few months. He has articles from different people and compiled much info and his own experiences with his veiled. Also type veiled chameleon breeding in yahoo and you will find all sorts of sites. Adcham.com is a good one just search search and read read if you are interested in breeding them at some point. You do want to seperate your chams to there own cage though. Breeders say not to house them together only up to 3 months. Hope this gets you started.

 

[Jeweledchameleons]

attempting to breed without really knowing
what you're in for is an exercise in frustration.

perhaps they just want someone local to them that
can sell them young for $10 each but don't want to deal with the time,
hassle or losses that people experience.

honestly breeding them isn't like kittens or puppies.

 

[sharkey]

you just got these 2 new, wonderful, fragile and complicated pets. you need to spend some time adjusting to them and the requirements to keep them alive. there is no reason on earth to start a breeding program unless you are ready, prepared for when the eggs arrive and have long term goals on successfully raising a clutch - mind you they don't have just one or 2 babies at a time.

raising babies is incredibly expensive - i am easily spending $500 a month on only 12 chams b/c of an unexpected birth by my jackson's of 10 babies. needless to say it has also altered my life schedule and life style and that of my family.

 

[kinyonga]

You didn't say how old they are...but please be aware that veiled chameleons can lay eggs once they are sexually mature even it not mated. You should have a suitable place for them to dig to lay eggs so that you don't miss the sometimes subtle signs that they have eggs to lay. Failure to provide a site could end in eggbinding and death for your females.

As was said, if they are older than 3 or 4 months they should be in separate cages.

Here are some sites with good information about chameleons that you might like to read...
http://www.adcham.com/
http://www.chameleonnews.com/
http://web.archive.org/web/20060502...als.com/vet/index.php?show=8.Gout.Basics.html
http://www.uvguide.co.uk/index.htm

If you start off with healthy chameleons and provide good husbandry for them they could be with you for 6 years or so.

 

[Jeweledchameleons]

.but please be aware that veiled chameleons can lay eggs
once they are sexually mature even it not mated.

so does that mean I can get rid of my males

 

[Will Hayward]

Blondie,

Responsibly Breeding & Raising chameleons, Veileds in particular, is a lot of work. That is an undeniable fact. What is also commonly agreed upon is that you will not likely earn money, nor easily sell the chameleons individually. There are other complications such as, it's difficult for it to only be a one time thing, since female veileds could retain sperm and hold it for another few clutches laid a month and a bit apart, following the first planned mating.

If you bought the two females looking to enjoy them without having the mindset and goal to propagate chameleons, It might be best that you should pass on it. Enjoy them for a couple years, and then reevaluate the possibilities later.

 

[kinyonga]

Jeweledchameleons...I think you know the answer to that.