veiled breedeing

[jrh3]

what should be done to simulate the enviroment for a female to get her ready to breed, Also should i cut her food down to breed

 

[cambech]

you don't really need to do anything to stimulate her enviornmently. When she's ready it will happen. When she reaches the right age, you'll notice little blue flecks will start to pop from her green background. Show her a male and see what happens. I would cut down her food intake slightly for a month or so prior to breeding. This will help to keep her from producing too many eggs which could put a large toll on her health. Don't starve her though.

 

[jrh3]

how much to feed then right now she eats 10-15 adult crickets per day

 

[boj3434]

Thats too many by a lot I would feed every other day and like half that amount

 

[joshua n janet]

my female is around 5 or 6 months she already getting her yellow spots i dont know how much to feed her per day i still waiting for her to get ready 2 breed

 

[joshua n janet]

wow so it should be like 10 every other day?

 

[jrh3]

ok with me cutting down on her food will that prevent her from becoming receptive, i have read you cut down food to prevent eggs, but if i want eggs is it still ok to cut down on food.. is 7 crickets every other day a good number

 

[Julirs]

Make sure your female is of age, size, and in perfect health. She will show receptive coloration when she is ready to breed. You should cut food intake and temps down at 6-8 months (or if you have a monstrously sized female-in some cases) well in advance of breeding.

 

[jrh3]

i read that some wont show colors is this true.

 

[cambech]

boj is right. that's a bit too much to feed her at this point. you might try feeding her as many as she can eat in one sitting every other day. will probably work out to 6 or so every other day. Feeding too much has a very direct impact on how many eggs she will produce and how difficult her recovery from laying will be. I've always been a believer that fewer quality eggs and a healthy cham is better than alot of eggs and a very exhausted little girl.

 

[joshua n janet]

ok so how many then?

 

[jrh3]

thanks but she will eat 20 in one sitting if i let her. She is a giant and she is bigger than my wild caught male, i have one of her clutch mates that is half she size, she is the arnold of female vieled, i will weight her tonight and post weight.


Back to the some dont show robin eggs,,, if i put her with a male what should i look for to know if whe is ready.

 

[joshua n janet]

i never found out how may to give mine every other day

 

[jrh3]

if they are less than 6 months then all they can eat.

 

[joshua n janet]

how about older?

 

[jrh3]

if i show the male to my female she will flatten and turn sideways is this a good sign?

 

[jannb]

It's a good sign that she is not receptive and not ready to breed.

 

[kinyonga]

IMHO...my reason for controlling the diet is to prevent the chameleon from growing any follicles (and not producing any eggs)...but it can also be done to prevent her from growing too many follicles (which in turn means that she will produce less eggs). The time to control the diet is when she is starting to produce the follicles.

Its hard to determine when the follicles are being produced with a chameleon that is just reaching sexual maturity and getting ready to cycle for the first time....but I think it should be between the time that they start producing the mustard splotches and the time that the blue dots appear. (I'm just basing this on my experience. There was a study done recently on reproduction in veileds that I hope will give some indication of the relationship of the dots/splotches, etc. to the follicle development).

As I said above, if you control the diet enough there should be no follicles grown/ovulating and thus no eggs produced. (The "diet" I'm talking about includes the way I feed the chameleon, the supplements and the way I feed the insects.IMHO, these all play a part.) If you feed her more than this then follicles should be produced, but the number of follicles should depend on how much you feed her when they are being produced.

Once the follicles have ovulated IMHO the number of eggs is set for that cycle and you then want her to produce good eggs and maintain her own health...so the feeding may increase. Again, its hard to determine when this should start. (I'm hoping to learn that soon too.)

I hope this helps! I wish I could be more definite!