Keeping two together?

[azzidoo33]

Hey every one... wqas at my lfs today tending to my marine's n got chating to the ower who used to beed yemen chamz. he said he used to keep a male and female together at all time.... :S is this allowed n do they like to be together?

Chhers guys

 

[kinyonga]

I don't recommend it.

 

[Chill]

The only way you could even think about putting two together is if you have a massive cage. My cage is 6 feet tall and I can walk around in it, Its somewhere in the area of 200,000 cubic inches or somthing. The reason the big cage is ok just because simply if they dont see each other and can move aorund with constantly bumping into eachother they should be ok. Its a big question mark though, some males are super territorial and dont want anything in their space.



-Chill

 

[Eric Adrignola]

You can do it if the cage is huge. It's awesome, as their social behavior is neat. I experimented for a few years. I settled on a 100 square foot cage for a trio. Yup. 12'x8'x8'.

 

[Chill]

Oh wow I thought my cage was big lol

 

[Eric Adrignola]

It's amazing how well veileds can get along if they have space. Most of the time, they were fairly close - but when they wanted to be alone, the females needed to be alone. When they were gravid, the behavior was very interesting. You'd think the gravid females would stay farther away - fter all, gravid females are the least tolerant of males normall.

It's not the case. The warning colors are there for a reason - to let him know she's gravid. In my large cage, the gravid female woudl stay nearer the male than non gravid females. Normally stayign in the underbrush, the female is always hiding. When gravid, she is in HIS territory, up top, basking as if she were a male showing off. And he respected her, courting her occationally, but never forcing himself on her. The female always stayed up high, and the male stayed with her, as if gaurding her. They even slept close to each other, sometimes touching snouts.

I'm sure a smaller cage would work, but my male was very aggressive at first, and not socialized with females when I first put him in.

 

[Vibrant Chameleons]

It's amazing how well veileds can get along if they have space. Most of the time, they were fairly close - but when they wanted to be alone, the females needed to be alone. When they were gravid, the behavior was very interesting. You'd think the gravid females would stay farther away - fter all, gravid females are the least tolerant of males normall.

It's not the case. The warning colors are there for a reason - to let him know she's gravid. In my large cage, the gravid female woudl stay nearer the male than non gravid females. Normally stayign in the underbrush, the female is always hiding. When gravid, she is in HIS territory, up top, basking as if she were a male showing off. And he respected her, courting her occationally, but never forcing himself on her. The female always stayed up high, and the male stayed with her, as if gaurding her. They even slept close to each other, sometimes touching snouts.

I'm sure a smaller cage would work, but my male was very aggressive at first, and not socialized with females when I first put him in.

That's awesome! I've had dreams of owning a very large greenhouse and free roaming panther chameleons in a very densely jungle like setting. We can always dream can't we?