I am trying to breed veiled chameleons. I place my female into my males cage and he is acting agressive toward her. He head butts her hard and this last time he tried to bite her. Is this normal? I know the female will hiss and bite when she does not want to but what is the male doing? He is show the correct colors but is acting not normal. What should I do? Am I doing something wrong? I know he wants to breed. He is going crazy over her.
Trying to breed veiled chameleons
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joshua n janet
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the breeder told me they always do tht at first so he can show he d dominat one
Julirs
New Member
What? Actually most Veileds I have seen just flip out when they see a female-and go right for the mate ASAP. How old are these chams? Maybe the male is not old enough? Or just not interested. Give it some time and see what happens in a few weeks.
Pumpkinface
New Member
maybe you picked a real ugly cham for him. shame on you 
i agree with pssh, try putting them where its not the males territory. dropping the temp helps to with veilds at least... read the thread on breeding season to see what almost happened to my arm luckily it doesnt look like the female went gravid so no babies having babies, yay!
i agree with pssh, try putting them where its not the males territory. dropping the temp helps to with veilds at least... read the thread on breeding season to see what almost happened to my arm luckily it doesnt look like the female went gravid so no babies having babies, yay!
Julirs
New Member
Additionally-some males WILL kill females, so keeping an eye on the process is suggested.
I will give it some more time and maybe see putting him in her cage. This was the second time I put her in. The first time she was in a funny position and he was just holding on to her. She does not hiss or anything at him so it is not her. He watches her and becomes all bright and does the rocking thing. Maybe she is doing something wrong from stress and he is fustrated. He is about 1 year old. He has breed before with another female but she died from such a large clutch. The female is about two years old so she is a older woman or couger as some would say. I just would hate for something to happen to either of them so I stay with them to make sure they do not get violent. This happened last night and I did not want to try again unless it was normal. I have heard that sometimes the female or male will bite each other and break things in an aggressive behavior but not for mating.
Brad Ramsey
Retired Moderator
Are you sure she is receptive?
-Brad
-Brad
Still trying
I tried the suggestion to bring her to her cage and she hissed at him. The next time I placed her in his cage and she hissed. So I am guess that she is just not in the mood and that is the issue. She shows her robin eggs but when I put her in the cage she changes back to dark colors. Any suggestion on what to do?
I tried the suggestion to bring her to her cage and she hissed at him. The next time I placed her in his cage and she hissed. So I am guess that she is just not in the mood and that is the issue. She shows her robin eggs but when I put her in the cage she changes back to dark colors. Any suggestion on what to do?
dtown
New Member
When I re-introduced my female back with my male... They went right for each other. I thought the same thing, that the were being aggresive. Especially the male. But after a minute or two they started getting down. Let them feel each other out (get your mind out of the gutter) and let them do there thing. It looks violent at first, but that is how it works...
If the female is hissing, turning black in the background, rocking back and forth, lunging at the male then she is non-receptive/gravid...and they should not be put together.
If the male is acting aggressively (hissing, etc.) to the female then they should not be put together.
This being said, some males react aggressively when they can see the chameleon's owner or react aggressively until they realize its a receptive female they are seeing.
If the male is acting aggressively (hissing, etc.) to the female then they should not be put together.
This being said, some males react aggressively when they can see the chameleon's owner or react aggressively until they realize its a receptive female they are seeing.
STRYDER
New Member
I think it would be best if u keep trying with them. My female spent a good few weeks hissing at my male who would display himself to her as she was quite obviously just scared of him but after several attempts she finally gave in to him and they mated.
My male also seemed to butt his head at her once or twice but it was because she was unreceptive and it seemed he wanted her to change her mind. If he does that again see if he tries to bite again and gets too violent then seperate them but keep trying everyday. Eventually you will come right
It seems your Male is quite dominant.
I hope this helps
Have a good one.
My male also seemed to butt his head at her once or twice but it was because she was unreceptive and it seemed he wanted her to change her mind. If he does that again see if he tries to bite again and gets too violent then seperate them but keep trying everyday. Eventually you will come right
It seems your Male is quite dominant.
I hope this helps
Have a good one.
jannb
Chameleon Enthusiast
This is not good advice. I would listen to kinyonga. She has been raising veileds for over 20 years. When my veileds mated they were both very gentle with eachother.
