Male shows little interest in breeding- help

[drcrossfire]

I have a male that when introduced to females in his cage will actually show aggression and charge at them--

when I introduce him in a free range enclosure, he has bobbed his head at them a few times, but then has lost interest after that...

any suggestions? tips? Thanks

 

[reptoman]

Show him another male while trying to get him into breeding mode. It might get him into the mood.

 

[laurie]

Let's put him with my female, 14 months and perfect. But all she wants to do is kill poor Lenny. Lenny really, really wants to be friends.

 

[drcrossfire]

Is there a viagra for chams?

 

[HandsomeSanta]

Put his cage next to the fireplace, and play some Barry White.

 

[mychamtini112012]

Maybe move him into her cage.?
Are they just panthers, or are they a cham that's usually hard to breed.?

 

[Dez]

All you can do is keep trying.

The first few times we tried to breed Mister Twister he acted as if we put him in with another male.. he would puff and act aggressive.. If we put him with a female on FR he acted scared and ran away..

eventually he came around ... one day something clicked.

 

[drcrossfire]

All you can do is keep trying.

The first few times we tried to breed Mister Twister he acted as if we put him in with another male.. he would puff and act aggressive.. If we put him with a female on FR he acted scared and ran away..

eventually he came around ... one day something clicked.

Thanks Dez-- that's reassuring as this is pretty much identical to how he's acting... how long did it take for yours to come around? how many.. introductions? Did it end up in FR or his own cage?

He's thor-- the panther cham- BB ambilobe. Such a mighty name for lame-o

 

[Thezillaman21]

Put his cage next to the fireplace, and play some Barry White.

hahahahah\ thats\ great

 

[drcrossfire]

So-- I have had success tonight!!!!! Thor is breeding right now!!

it took a lot of coaxing but he did it!

One strategy that helped-- since he was being territorial in his cage, but not as interested in the FR-- my brother actually said, why dont you try putting the female in there first?

So I let the female in first, then put him into his "territory" (cage) and he started bobbing. Granted, it took quite a few attempts after this for the actual breeding.. but i thought i'd share for future reference, as this might work for someone else too!

 

[drcrossfire]

Bow chica Bow-wow

Thor gonna be a daddy

 

[reptoman]

Congrats! My ambilobe, cpt kirk is having a similar issue so I may try your approach when I get to that point.

 

[JonRich]

good, because i was about to say maybe he's just not into chicks

 

[coldbloodedAL]

good, because i was about to say maybe he's just not into chicks

lmao.. That would be upsetting

 

[mychamtini112012]

good, because i was about to say maybe he's just not into chicks

Is there a such thing as a male not interested in females.?

 

[Higgins]

Congrats! That's a great looking male, going to make some awesome babies! Good thing you had faith in him

 

[Canny Chams]

maybe he is a bisexual chameleon, or has vent-ectile Dysfunction

 

[melric]

I had the same problem with my cham Starburst. He bred the first time, but after that he only showed aggression to my other female I wanted to breed. I ended up switching the male for that female cham.

 

[drcrossfire]

Interested to see if this works for anyone else