Female veiled chameleon breeding question

[nickolashanson23]

Hi i have currently 2 Veiled chameleons 1 male 1 female.....my question is i have had my female for a year and a half.....iam curious as to when see is going to be receptive or show any signs of even having egg's it bothering me since i have been told that they will lay there first clutch at about a year.....well mine has not even shown the slight bit of wanting to lay eggs or be receptive....is this normal???? i have posted pics of my male and female for u to see...please let me know if im going crazy or not thanks

 

[okiroo]

that looks like two females to me... no male coloration. is that the same cham or two diffrent ones? if so i'd say two females.

 

[camimom]

Im going to second this.
If that is your supposed male and female cham, then you seem to have two females. in which case.. you cant breed them... together anyway.

 

[Trace]

I see a spur and a larger casque in the first two pix. Looks like a pair to me.

 

[Damonc9]

Wears the spurs on the male? (if any of those are males)

 

[nickolashanson23]

the top 2 pics are my male.....and iam 100 percent posative he is a male...........2 reasons he has the spurs on the back of his hine legs (bumps) and he does show his colors just wasnt in those pics.......but the real question is i have owned my female longer than my male.......almost 2 years now and i am woundering why she has not been receptive or gravid or have laid any eggs......is this normal???? if so when should i at least see a batch of unfertalized eggs? and they are both veileds

 

[camimom]

How old is htat male?

and its possible that the female hasnt been over fed or her basking spot isnt hot enough to produce eggs.

 

[nickolashanson23]

as of right now i do not no how old the male is but i do know he is a juvenile....i have never tried to breed them because i know that he is not ready and still has some growing to do......and as to my female i feed her everyother day with crickets, moths and flies, she dosnt like worms lol........and how hot does her basking spot have to be??? mine is around 80-85

 

[camimom]

how big is the male from snout to vent?
and feeding her every other day could do it. or shes not sexualy mature yet.. or its a male.

jk.

but honestly, the basking temp at 85-90 might set her up to produce, though she doesnt have to lay infertiles to mate.

 

[nickolashanson23]

From snout to tip of tail he is 4&1/2 inches and hes some more pics i went in his room and he was sleeping hes colors show here

 

[camimom]

From snout to tip of tail he is 3&1/2 inches and hes some more pics i went in his room and he was sleeping hes colors show here
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he cant be 3.5 inches from snout to tip of tail, yo umean to the vent?
if so he loooks huge.

 

[nickolashanson23]

im sorry iam guessing due to i held him today and his body is as long as my hand......he has a really long tail too and what is vent? u mean you want his length of his snout to his butt? i will see if i can get it
..... can it really take longer than 2 years for a female to become sexually mature or lay eggs?

 

[nickolashanson23]

he is 4 and 3/4 inches almost 5inches from snout to his butt

 

[laurie]

Basking of 80 to 85 is perfect for your female. That is most likely why she hasn't laid infertile eggs. That is what you want, infertile eggs still put a tax on the females body. Unless they are fertile, if she never lays, be happy.

 

[nickolashanson23]

i do eventually want to breed her that why i woundering if she is ever going to become receptive or is she ever going to lay egg's....what conditions do i have to have to want her to produce egg's?