Male + Female Veiled in the same cage?

[Rocky]

Hey I am looking into getting a female for my little guy and while I was looking around I found a lady here in lubbock that sells veileds and when I went to go look at what she had she had a cage that was 3x3x5-6 and she had a male and female veiled in it. I asked her if they were breeding them and she said that they are always together.

Is that a no no? Just from what I have seen on the forums noone has had more than one in a cage unless they were breeding them.

 

[dodolah]

Hey I am looking into getting a female for my little guy and while I was looking around I found a lady here in lubbock that sells veileds and when I went to go look at what she had she had a cage that was 3x3x5-6 and she had a male and female veiled in it. I asked her if they were breeding them and she said that they are always together.

Is that a no no? Just from what I have seen on the forums noone has had more than one in a cage unless they were breeding them.

after reaching 2.5 months of age, veileds generally become extremely territorial.
So, the answer to that is no no.

 

[Sang]

usually a no no, depending on who is more dominant one will force the other out for things like basking spot, food, and i dunno something.


its best to keep them seperate except for when mating.

 

[Rocky]

that is kinda what i was thinking. It seemed like they were doing fine, she fed them while i was there and she put crickets/roaches in a feeder bowl and they just sat on opposite ends of it and shot them out one at a time. I know my male is really territorial about his cage if i open it up and put my hand in there for any reason he is literally right on me trying to get me out.

 

[kinyonga]

They may look fine but likely over time their health will be affected.

 

[Chameleonboy]

They may look fine but likely over time their health will be affected.

i agree they may seem fine right now because if the cage size but after a wile they will fight

 

[THECHAMMAN]

they will KILL each other. that cage is not big enough for two veileds, especially a male and a female.

 

[summoner12]

How old were these chams?