How old for a male?

[svatch]

How old should I let my male veiled get before I introduce my female to him? My female is a year and a half old and the male is about 5 months old. I know this won't be happening for a while, but I couldn't find any info on here about it. I was thinking about a year old does that sound about right?

 

[Oliver]

Well technically, at 5 months old your Veiled should be reaching his sexual maturity age. Veileds become sexually mature between the ages of 4-6 months.

http://www.a1reptiles.net/VeiledChameleonCare.html

 

[Lancecham]

Yes, veileds are sexually mature at the age Oliver stated. With males it isn't a problem mating them. But, 5 to 6 months is too early for a female veiled to mate.
Good luck.

 

[Chameleons Northwest]

Thought I might offer this observation- it was a pair of panthers, not veileds- but one of our male Sambavas, Rantabe (from the Loki line), sired his first clutch at 10 months. He was bred to a large virgin Sambava female, about a year and a half old. He'd been headbobbing when seeing her, like crazy. When we placed them together he road around on her back for awhile, like a monkey. Then finally figured out how to scoot his smaller self down to her business department. So, even if there's a size difference, they can still figure it out.

Of course, veileds grow quicker than panthers, and you may find that your young veiled male is not that much smaller than the female. Panthers grow more slowly, and sometimes don't begin to really reach their stride, in size and color, until about 18 months.

 

[svatch]

Thanks for the replies!