cloverthechameleon
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My female Veile is about 10 months old and hasnt layed eggs or realy showed any sighns of being gravid what ages do they usualy start laying?
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KarmaChameleon1337
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Some will never lay, cold temps can effect it sometimes, do you have a laying bin?
cloverthechameleon
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yes i have a laying bin its a foot long and about 10 inches deep her temp is at about 80 and basking spot is at about 90-95..... when you said some will never lay when i breed her with my male will she lay ?
KarmaChameleon1337
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Basking spot is a bit hot, it should be 85 with everywhere else cooler to cool down when needed. Yes, she most likely will lay, if she had eggs and didn't lay them she'd become eggbound and die. If she does start digging do not disturb or look at her with her seeing you, she'll abandon it.
Olimpia
Biologist & Ecologist
They will become sexually mature at about 6 months old. If you do not want her to lay eggs (which you shouldn't while she's still a < a year old, because she's still growing herself) you should lower the basking temp to about 80-82*F and the ambient to about 75*F and feed her no more than 8-10 feeder insects every 1-2 days. (http://raisingkittytheveiledchameleon.blogspot.com/2007/12/keeping-female-veiled.html)
Then if you do want her to breed, raise the temps to 85* and feed her a bit more. But the temps should never be as high as you have them, I think that's way too high and not cold enough at the bottom of the cage for her to cool off.
Do you have a photo of her? It would be weird that you've kept her this warm and she hasn't produced eggs.
Then if you do want her to breed, raise the temps to 85* and feed her a bit more. But the temps should never be as high as you have them, I think that's way too high and not cold enough at the bottom of the cage for her to cool off.
Do you have a photo of her? It would be weird that you've kept her this warm and she hasn't produced eggs.
beeze
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I agree except I only feed my female 4 or 5 feeders every 2 to 3 days.
cloverthechameleon
Avid Member
alright i made her basking spot about 85 by making the light higher and the rest of the enclosure is about 78... so when i want to breed her i should increase the temps a bit?
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DavidBuchan
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That's still hot for a female Veiled, there should be at least a corner where it gets down to about 70. My female basks at 80. Usually we say not to breed until
she is a year old, then you can increase temps a little. Its better to err on the side of colder with a female veiled if you are not sure. She will lay when she has bred of course, but its better for all if she is showing receptive colours before you introduce them.............
