Life Expectancy for Chams

[atw]

Does anyone know the difference between a veiled and a panther in terms of life expectancy?

I have heard 7 years for a veiled and 2 for a panther. Does this sound right? 2 years seems very short to me.

Adam

[karmeleon]

depends if you are talking about a male or female. Female panthers and veileds often only live 2-3 years due to the stress of laying eggs. The oldest male veiled i had was 5 and going strong when i sold him. I also had a male panther for 2 years and going strong when i sold him.

[Collide]

My female panther died at just under 4 years, female veild 4years, male veilds can live much longer anywhere from 5+ is good iv herd of soem really long lived male veilds. my male panther is 4 and still going strong, just general spans they varie with different care.

[Brock]

Panthers I'm not too sure about as I can't find any morphs for sale around here that I'm interested in. Although, my veiled female is 5 years old right now and I think she'll be kickin' the bucket soon (I'm surprised she's lasted this long, she had MBD as a hatchling when I got her). Beth Wallbank had a female that lasted 7 years, and laid around 60-80 eggs per clutch up until she died. Males can live about 10-12 years.

-Brock

[dank7oo]

10 - 12 huh? (cough)

Jason

[Collide]

got a cold jason?

[dank7oo]

Well actually :D

Jason

[K1LOS]

12 yr old cham does sound a little high, but i wouldn't rule it out. With perfect housing and lots of attention and no predators, i suppose it could be done. Has anybody ever heard of a cham getting that old, i haven't heard anyywhere near that age. I think 2 is a little low for panthers. Unless of course they live on a twig in a bucket with water offered monthly.

Geoff

[DragnDrop]

Panthers can easily go 5 years with good care, even females. My jacksons were 5-7 years old when they died, one of which was a WC female, already an adult and I had her for just over 5 years.
Now that we're learning more about proper cham husbandry and the word is filtering through to new owners, chams should be living longer than 2 years. The exceptions are WC, specially those already adult when captured. You have no way of knowing how old they are.

[Brock]

If a female can live 7 years, and males naturally live longer than females, I don't see how 10 years is a coughing matter.

-Brock

[dank7oo]

If a female can live 7 years, and males naturally live longer than females, I don't see how 10 years is a coughing matter.

So you guessed?

Jason

[HeatherRose]

Quote:
If a female can live 7 years, and males naturally live longer than females, I don't see how 10 years is a coughing matter.


So you guessed?

Jason

I've heard of people with male chameleons over 10 years old. I believe they were panthers.

[bistrobob85]

i also heard that panthers could last a LONG time compared to veileds...

[Collide]

he is not wrong jason i have heard of many male veilds that live past ten I would not call this the norum but with good care and good breeding it is very possible.

[Chris_Anderson]

I've heard of males of a number of species living that long. Not the norm, but not unheard of.

Chris

[Brock]

Yeah so there ya go Dink7oo.

-Brock