JacksJill's experience with Trioceros jacksonii jacksonii

Most of these clutches were not from animals I bred but rather those I raised for other people. I only wanted to breed captive bred males and females but have had to resort to using a wild caught male as my females were not receptive to the captive bred males that I had. I have found that females prefer older males and are most receptive 7-14 days after passing slugs. I wait to breed my females until they are over 1 1/2 years old. My clutch from a virgin breeding arrived after 4 1/2 months rather than the usual 6-9 in September 2020.
Pictures of my baby cages see below and a receptive female
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Receptive Females
I would not call the color above typical of receptive females but she was so receptive that she chased the male around the cage. He has phenomenal colors but was too intimidated to do the job. I ended up breeding her to an older male and copulation began with in seconds of introduction.

Sexing
You have to look at the tail base, look at the tail base and look at the tail base again. Colors vary and can't be relied upon for sexing. Females will be perfectly straight from their vent to the end of their tail. Males will have a slight bulge behind the vent and their tails will be thicker in general. It is easiest to see when the tail is straight out behind them. Some males will develop a bulge later than others so don't put the smaller litter mates in one sex or the other until later. I call them late bloomer males and they have messed me up here and there. This is another reason individual cages can save your butt. You won't accidentally have a brother in with his sisters if you think you have divided them by sex.