How long is a female receptive?
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Todnedo
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summoner12
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I wonder if anyone really knows. I just go by the reaction I get....
Nicodemayo
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I dont think theres really an answer to your question.... It all depends on the female, feeding, temeratures... To many factors to really tell you how long you can put it off.
GooglezNvincent
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I dont mean to call you out, BUT from my experience AND readings (ill find the name of the book and post it later) first time females have a window of a maximum of 2 months but usually 1 month is normal. As for nonvirgins/ older females not only is the window longer, but after she would normally be unreceptive if you show a male to her it can "trigger" her and she can become receptive just by seeing the male. Also if you show a male to her too often when you want her to be receptive she can stop receptivity completely and not cycle.
Fidel
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Would be nice to see this phantom book
From my ACTUAL experience, my older female pardalis have a shorter window as well as a shorter fuse. Once they get into a cycle of producing eggs on a regular basis there is really no stopping them. They seem to revert to laying retained sperm clutches if they do not encounter a male after a short time, rather than wait around for a mate.
poopdedoop
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How can you tell if your chameleon is ready to mate?
GooglezNvincent
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Mainly Colors but also behavior.
Pumpkinface
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if the female starts clawing at the cage trying to get to the male thats a good sign just put them together, if she doesn't kill the
male, they should mate if she's not ready, she'll hiss at the male.
just put them together, if she doesn't kill the male, they should mate
if she's not ready, she'll hiss at the male.To see if the female is receptive, hold her OUTSIDE the male's cage and watch her reactions.
If she hisses, gapes, sways back and forth, darkens the background color then she is non-receptive.
If she keeps her paler colors, moves slowly away from the male, does not inflate her body, etc. then she is receptive and its okay to put her into the male's cage AS LONG AS THE MALE REACTS APPROPRIATELY. Sometimes the male won't realize that its a receptive female he's looking at in the beginning.
If she hisses, gapes, sways back and forth, darkens the background color then she is non-receptive.
If she keeps her paler colors, moves slowly away from the male, does not inflate her body, etc. then she is receptive and its okay to put her into the male's cage AS LONG AS THE MALE REACTS APPROPRIATELY. Sometimes the male won't realize that its a receptive female he's looking at in the beginning.
Miss Lily
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That is very interesting! Lily laid her two clutches four months apart.
