How long can babies stay in one cage?

[joewinn0329]

I have 25 baby vieled chameleons in a large enclosure. They are about 6 weeks old. How long can I keep them together? I was hoping to sell them to pet stores or on craigs list but no one seems interested and Im starting to wonder what to do. I was thinking of trying to sell them on this site. Is there a guide on how to mail them and are people interested in buying vieled chameleons by mail?

 

[Lizardguy1]

I have kept them together until 5 months old without any issues. In a pinch I've kept small groups of the same sex- 3-4 males or 3-4 females together until 7 months old. Usually not a problem but house only equally sized males and keep an eye on them for aggressive behavior-

 

[Rango3d]

It takes time to sell them. You just need to be patient. In the future you need to think about if they don't sell.
Normally the babies are sold at 3 months so their big and healthy enough to survive. Shipping is fine if it's overnighted and package received by 1030.

Now welcome to the forums.
My best advise is study your butt off on these forums. Every question you need to know is on here if you research it or ask.

 

[crazychamzoo]

Typically staying together until juveniles up to around 4-5 months is sometimes tolerable for them, but you should be separating them by size, and aggression. The males can begin to show aggression fairly early on causing unneeded stress. There are feisty females as well. We have always kept ours in small groups of around 6 and kept them separated by same size, and completely separated any feisty little guys from the rest. Unfortunately with Veiled's the general view from an uneducated public looking into purchasing a Cham is not going to be willing to pay the price of the Cham plus shipping when they can go to the chain store and by one on sale for $40. And your chain store isn't going to buy from you when corporate is putting in all the orders from a wholesale breeding farm. Breeding reptiles looks fun and easy, even though it is rewarding, it's not going to make you a millionaire for sure. The fact is, our established swimming pool construction business practically covers our losses on our reptile breeding business, and affords me the ability to work with these animals that I love. If it wasn't for our other business's we probable couldn't do what we do.

 

[Craigwyatt]

If your willing to wholesale every baby you have available I would be very interested. You can reach me at [email protected]
I can talk you through the shipping process.
Craig

 

[joewinn0329]

I would be williing to sell them wholesale. I was also wondering about selling them in the classified ads on this site but is says I dont have permission . Is that becase I am too new of a member?

 

[kinyonga]

Also, be aware if you keep getting males and females together when they reach sexually maturity they will mate...and IMHO that is not a good thing.

 

[joewinn0329]

Can you ship the whole group of chameleons together . I would think that might stress them out?