In general it is recommended to breed after the female is at least 12month old. However, overfed females can reach sexual maturity on an earlier age.

For maiting you have to put the female into the male’s terrarium which starts balzen immediately. It represents itself –nodding- in its most glorious colours to the female. If she is not ready for mating she begins to threaten and tries to bite. If she is ready for mating she stays calm, walks away slowly but gets overtaken by the male who then climbs on top of her. The entire act lasts about 10 minutes.

During the time of pairing (which can last for about three days) the chameleons can conjugate a few times.

Females should not stay in the male’s terrarium unattended as they can injure male chameleons by biting. After pairing you have to separate the chameleons again, as pregnant females react extremely aggressive.

Only adult animals should be paired, three times a year at the most.

Female chameleon’s readiness of pairing decreases with age.