He's very pretty, and good luck with finding him a mate!
I don't think the genetics works quite that way, though that probably is how such offspring would be advertised; might be more accurate to say "offspring of Ambilobe-Ambanja cross parents". Since genes are shuffled around and recombined...
See if you can bribe him/give him something good to come out for. I've had some success (varies by chameleon) with reaching out one hand towards the cham, and holding a bug near my elbow, so the cham has to climb aboard to get its treat. One guy quickly reached the point where he'd climb on me...
Yay! If I still lived in Michigan I think I would have readily made the four hour drive, but NE is a mite further... (btw, going to have any of those melleri, or your verrucosus at the Omaha show?)
Some chameleons will drink readily from an overhead dripper; if your will, that can provide the drinking water, and can be set to drip onto plants/moss and keep the humidity up with maybe less mess than a humidifier or mister, though you'll still want to give him a good misting at least once a...
At present, one free ranges primarily between the living room and the front office, and the other inhabits the sun porch, which room needs to be kept closed to prevent Big Bully Bea from marching in there and chasing him away. In the winter, McGinty will return to the front office and Bea will...
Female veileds are greedy little critters, and will happily keep chowing down as long as you offer, and will beg for more when you don't. But, as the others say, there is a disjunct between the quantity they are capable of eating and the quantity they should be eating. I give my adult female...
I grew up in the Twin Cities, but haven't lived there in 14 years. Twin City Reptile is decent, and definitely worth going to to see the animals. Many of the stores that were there in my day have since closed, which is kind of a shame, as Midway Pet Store (St. Paul) is where I saw my first...
A stably-anchored stick to hold onto is helpful. I tried moving mine in a cage and, as you said the plants bounced around and he was Not Happy. In that case, it was an 11 hour drive, my options at the time were limited and I let him out; he rode sitting on top of the cage for 10.5 hours...
The lab I used to work in had a pet betta that was deeply infuriated by the sight of a permanent marker. Hold the marker up to the tank and that fish would display at it every time. Nothing else phased him.
There are a few species of umbrella tree (Schefflera) in use, but they're generally considered to be "cham-safe" plants. Pothos (viny) Ficus (many varieties, mostly trees) and Hibiscus are popular, safe plants. My veiled will occasionally take a bite of her umbrella tree, but prefers the Pothos.