Lifespan of a veiled

[joejoe519]

Can anybody give me an estimate on the lifespan for a male veiled?

 

[Justin Carl]

Proper husbandry could yeiled a lifespan on 7 years or more.
I know of a member that has a 7 year old Veiled, and another with a 5 year old Veiled.
I think Linda had a female Veiled live to be 7 too.

 

[AFH]

5 is good, though as Justin said there are some keepers here that have reached 8 or more.

 

[kinyonga]

I have had one veiled female live to be 8 and at least one male. I have had quite a few females and males live to be over 7 years old. I have one female at the moment who will be 7 very soon.

 

[joejoe519]

Thanks for the help. I'm still fairly new to the hobby. One thing I failed to learn through all my research was the lifespan. Hopefully my Jigsaw can live to be 7 too.

 

[bluegoldfish]

What about panthers? what is the average for them?

 

[chamlover]

kinyonga, Just wondering with your female that lived7 yrs, did you ever breed her? Or do you tone things down so she wouldn't lay eggs? Just curious. i have 2 females, and 1 she no sooner has a clutch and she goes wild to get out of her cage so i mated her again. I really didn't want to put she was relentless.

Debby

 

[kinyonga]

This particular female was never bred. However, I have a 4+ year old female, Latefah who came from a female that lived to be over 7 years old.

I'm not interested in breeding the veileds any more very often, so I keep the females on a diet and very slightly decreased temperature and they don't produce any eggs.

 

[sipos624]

Chris and i agree (inside joke) that veileds and panthers have an average life span of 5-7 years.

 

[mdrossncsu]

What about for Veiled Cs in the wild?

 

[Eric Adrignola]

My current female is over 3 years old now, and gravid with her 4th clutch. I think it will be her largest, her largest before being 25 eggs, I believe.

Her last clutch was under 20, I think - but the babies were eating 1/4" crickets for thier first meals.

I recently found out that a female I sold over 3 years ago is still going strong, despite laying infertile clutches many times a year. She's cut back on the feedings to insects once a week and veggies throughout. Still, she produces eggs. Kinyonga, I've not reccomended lowering temps before - what temps do you keep yours at? This might help her slow down her constant clutching!

 

[kinyonga]

I don't keep a basking light on the females....that's the difference. I have a hood that holds two fluorescent bulbs. I put in one regular white fluorescent and one Repti-sun 5.0 UVB. (The male's have the same double hood but also have a 60 watt basking light.)

The temperatures vary throughout the year but are always slightly lower than the males because of the lack of a basking light. I can check my temps. when I go down to the room they are kept in if you want to know what it is this time of the year....but as I said the temps vary. In the summertime I have less control over the difference between the temp. of the males and females of course.

I hope that keeping the temperature a little lower slows the metabolism slightly so they won't be so hungry on the more restricted diet.

 

[Eric Adrignola]

Thanks. I dont' think that'll be too much of an issue. While she doesn't eat much insect matter, she does get a lot of plant food. so, despite her laying a lot of eggs, she's still in good condition. I will check with her owner. i'm pretty sure she's keeping her at "normal" temperatures - high basking site and such.

Thanks again.