Definitely a male. Congrats on your new chameleon. By the way you're looking kinda yellow and plasticy too. Might want to hit the tanning beds. Get rid of that Jaundice. Lol
You'll definitely want to purchase a bigger enclosure and ASAP. Veileds grow like weeds in the first few months of life. He (if it is a he) will need at very least a 2x2x4 enclosure. Chameleons need height being arboreal animals and all. I'd recommend scrapping what lighting you had for your...
If you're running T8s I'd recommend a 10.0 or better yet an Arcadia 12%. Reason being is T8s are half as powerful as T5s. You would think a bigger bulb would be better?! Nope. T5HO is the chameleon standard. If for some reason you're happy with the T8 then I would highly highly highly recommend...
Most people go with quad fixtures. They run 2 UVB bulbs and 2 6500k plant bulbs. As @nightanole said if they are individually reflected you don't need to go 10.0 or 12% unless your enclosure is heavily heavily planted. If not you definitly want to go higher on the UVB bulbs. Reason being is...
So my Gargoyle is still in his starter ZooMed 12x12x18. Plan on getting him a 18x18x24 or 18x18x36 in the near future however. I like the ZooMed 12x12x18 over the Exoterra 12x12x18 because it has a single door which you can mount the magnetic pangea ledges onto as well as a cork bark back that...
Sometimes they do the same thing as juvenile chams in New enclosures and go off food for a bit. Anything over a week would be worry some though. Do you have the food elevated? Do you have lots of foliage and branches for it to climb up to the food if so? Gargoyles aren't the best with climbing...
Gargoyles are more about weight. Considered juveniles under 10g. My boy is about 13g now. I will say instead of putting the food just on the bottom get it in just a corner of the cup if you can. I gotta make more food for my New Caledonians today so I'll post pics then.
I dont run tubing into my enclosures at all so that really wasn't needed for me. I humidify my entire Cham room as I find it easier to control humidity in an entire room where I live than it is to control 2-2x2x4's seperatly. More natural than fogging them out I feel too. I understand that we...
I own 2 Cresteds and 1 Gargoyle. I do not do bioactive though so I'm not sure about your springtail question. I'd assume maybe a baby would eat some isopods but a juvenile or adult wouldn't.
There should be little to no activity during the day. Their eyes are open (no eyelids) but they are out...
Depends on what you're putting in the enclosure of you need a drainage layer or not. Some plants need a lot of water. And if that's the case a drainage layer will be needed. Leo's are a desert species so humidity should be low 20-40% I'd recommend just getting a deep heat projector from Arcadia...