Carpet Chameleon Breeding weight + Tips

[lurker9090]

Hi! I want to get my research done right as i want to breed my female in the future to my male.

Carpets don't have a lot of information though. What would everyone say is a good weight for breeding carpets? Minimum Age?
I looked/read at frank paynes information but cant seem to find specific age/weight for females, only males age he provides.

Any extra tips for those who have breed carpets?

Thanks

 

[jannb]

I’m not sure if any of our active members have breed carpet chameleons. Frank Pane and Kevin Stanford are experienced breeders.

 

[MikeyBen]

Hi! I want to get my research done right as i want to breed my female in the future to my male.

Carpets don't have a lot of information though. What would everyone say is a good weight for breeding carpets? Minimum Age?
I looked/read at frank paynes information but cant seem to find specific age/weight for females, only males age he provides.

Any extra tips for those who have breed carpets?

Thanks

I waited until my female was approx. 1 year old and she weighed 14 grams before attempting to breed. I know some breeders will attempt sooner but it's important to give the female time to develop and be hardier for the breeding stress.

 

[Sticktongue]

Nick Unz (not sure his name here) breeds them as well. I’d go check with him or the others Jan suggested. I’d imagine, 12-18 months would be minimum. I believe I heard Frank talk about it on one of Bills podcasts but I can’t recall for sure now…

 

[Beman]

@javadi might be able to help you.

 

[javadi]

Lateralis is somewhat unique in that they can breed early, specific timing doesn't really matter much. I had a female lay 13 clutches of eggs and live for several years, the longest-lived and most productive female recorded. Not to say all lateralis need to breed that much, but if the goal is to breed them, they don't seem as prone to stunting or health problems from breeding early vs. later like is the case for many other species. Waiting a year is fine if you want but they can easily reach breeding age/size/readiness at 6 months if fed often as juveniles. It's all about color-when they are mature, their color changes to start showing pastels and they become plumper. At that point they can be bred. Just to be safe you can wait a month or so after she matures but I'd also recommend breeding a bit earlier than later since worst case she develops infertile eggs, scatters them and gets eggbound. May as well have the eggs be viable.

There's not really a wrong way to do it. After she shows she is reproductive age, do what you feel comfortable with with the above caveats.