How often & When do I put my female in with my male to Breed them???
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Thompson
Chameleon Enthusiast
First off, how old are your chameleons? Females should be over a year old and 50 grams +. once she's receptive you can introduce the her into the males cage. Some people leave the female in his cage until there is aggression or they have mated enough that the female shows gravid colors.
Johnny84
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The male is 9 months old and the female is 12 months old!! How can ya tell she is receptive? And...when i do leave her in his cage, do I feed them regularly?
Thompson
Chameleon Enthusiast
When she's receptive she will be a nice peachy tanish color and when introduced to a male she won't gape or hiss and turn black. When you leave her in his cage I would feed them normally. You need to keep a close eye on them so they don't try and hurt eachother. You may also want to try leaving them together in a large ficus or something that is outside of each of their cages. If you have a really aggressive male this may calm him down so he won't feel the need to defend his territory.
Johnny84
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If you hold the female outside the male's cage and watch to see what happens, they can't injure each other if the female is not receptive.
If the female rocks back and forth, hisses, gapes, darkens her body colors, lunges at the male, etc. then she is not receptive and you can put her back in her cage.
If the female is calm, moves slowly away from the male, keeps her peachy colors and the male acts towards her as if he recognizes that she's a receptive female, then you can put the female into the male's cage...but continue to watch them in case their reactions to each other change for the worse.
The female can remain in the male's cage until her background colors go dark or she shows other signs (hissing, rocking, etc.) of no longer being receptive.
Once the female turns dark and rejects the male there should be no more mating until after she lays the eggs...and she won't be ready again to mate right after she lays them either.
If the female rocks back and forth, hisses, gapes, darkens her body colors, lunges at the male, etc. then she is not receptive and you can put her back in her cage.
If the female is calm, moves slowly away from the male, keeps her peachy colors and the male acts towards her as if he recognizes that she's a receptive female, then you can put the female into the male's cage...but continue to watch them in case their reactions to each other change for the worse.
The female can remain in the male's cage until her background colors go dark or she shows other signs (hissing, rocking, etc.) of no longer being receptive.
Once the female turns dark and rejects the male there should be no more mating until after she lays the eggs...and she won't be ready again to mate right after she lays them either.
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Spot on! the only thing I would add is to make sure she has been well sulpimented&her weigt is being monitored.
Johnny84
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Ok cool,,thanks! She gets her supplements, but I havent watched her weight yet! What am I looking for in her weight??
most breeding females are 45-50 grams.less than that they might be under weight and not ready to breed.
