Chameleon incest?

nhandu · 02-10-04, 02:53 PM

Does anybody has tried to do incest with Veiled Hameleons ?And if so what happened?
I'm thinking to mate my female cham with a male which is a son of her sister and her father .In the litter there were 3 freaks from 24 chams at all . If I mate them are they all going to be freaks and can this mate become a collision?

wyz · 02-10-04, 03:06 PM

I don't think you should inbreed Veileds, there are so many available on the market and for reasonable prices.. No point in inbreeding them.

But, it comes up to what you wanna do.

WYZ

nhandu · 02-10-04, 03:44 PM

The problem is that I'v not choice .As you see I live in Bulgaria,which is a small country with not so much exotic animals and here there is only one male that is not with mixed bloodlines and he is very young . I can probe to mix the bloodlines till the other male get adult or I won't mix them and will wait .
I think that haven't anything to lose because with this mate my adults won't get freaks.Or I mistake?If so , correct me please

And I have another question.What is the minimum age when the Veiled Chams can mate?

wyz · 02-10-04, 04:00 PM

Hum ! I didn't notice you were from Bulgaria, sorry about that.
Availability can be a problem

You can use a 6 to 9 month old male.

And you should use a female that is at least 12 months old.

WYZ

nhandu · 02-10-04, 04:37 PM

Thanks for the info

My female is about year and a half old .I think it's perfect.
Anybody else with expirience with incest?

meow_mix450 · 02-10-04, 05:57 PM

well people have there own opinion on this, ive read that people put there females in the males cage, and some say it the other, but i go for the female, to males cage. i would say around 6 feet? And some people use trash cans, when the female is about to lay the eggs. just thoughts

Meow

nhandu · 02-11-04, 06:10 AM

I can't understand your idea but no matt er , maybe my english it's not so good

nhandu · 02-11-04, 10:04 AM

Come on people ! To do incest or not to do ? I must decide today because tommorow I will buy the male.
Advice please

wyz · 02-11-04, 11:22 AM

search this forum with the keyword " inbreed* " and you'll get all the answers you're looking for and all the comments people made concerning this subject in the past.

WYZ

nhandu · 02-12-04, 05:14 PM

I can't find anything on Chams only Leos.But I'v buyed the male .It's 4 mounth old but he is very small.I think to mate them after about 3 mounths .I'll make a post when the little guys hatch

If I have luck.
I'l take the risk on inbreeding
Hope that It's not mistake

Collide · 02-12-04, 05:28 PM

In breeding is a very bad idea I cant list the reasions there are why too many... veilds are one of the most popular species there is no reasion to do this... they are not hard to ship either.. order some new blood they are not expencive. I cant stress enough that this is bad but do what u want i cant stop u....