Do chameleons yawn?

I have a 6 month old panther and have twice recently seen him doing what appears to be yawning. I've never heard of reptiles yawning so I'm a little concerned that it's a symptom of some kind of problem. Anybody have a clue?

Mine opens her mouth likes she's yawning. Whenever she does it I mist her.

Yes, they yawn.

-Brad

Its kinda funny when we catch Zoey in mid-yawn. Her eyes focus on us and she SLOWLY closes her mouth. Like we invaded her privacy lol

marys said:

I have a 6 month old panther and have twice recently seen him doing what appears to be yawning. I've never heard of reptiles yawning so I'm a little concerned that it's a symptom of some kind of problem. Anybody have a clue?

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yes they do yawn.
I also freak out the first time i saw it, until Brad told me that it was nothing
thanks Brad.

yeah my veiled does this atleast once a day, and my brothers tortoise does it

I vaguely remember someone saying that if you see saliva strings, this is indicative of something wrong. What was that?

Proof that chameleons yawn:

That's not a yawn... that's a face stretch, to get the shedding skin off. Fractal does that a lot when his face is shedding.

what type of chameleon is that.

FaunaBgirl said:

That's not a yawn... that's a face stretch, to get the shedding skin off. Fractal does that a lot when his face is shedding.

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It is a yawn. Happens here every morning ... shedding or not.

-Brad

pedro92 said:

what type of chameleon is that.

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Meller's

-Brad

I saw mine yawning first time today!!! First it was a stretch and then the yawn. Very cool.

Every since this thread was brought up, I've been watching them more in the mornings. And you guys are right. They yawn. lol Anyone know anything about "if there are strings of saliva when they yawn" what that is indicative of? I thought I read something once.

That is a melleri chameleon. Isn't he gorgeous. I have one as well, he is my favorite. But don't tell the others, they all think they are my favorite. And yes chams do yawn, i think we bore them. lol.

Another question............

So my question is...............does one chameleon's yawn prompt another chameleon to yawn? Yawning seems to be "contagious" with people. Has anyone seen this happen with chameleons? I've got multiple chams housed in the same room where they can see each other across the room or are actually in the same cage (females). I've never seen one chameleon's yawn cause another one to yawn. Just curious now that the subject has been brought up.

FaunaBgirl said:

Every since this thread was brought up, I've been watching them more in the mornings. And you guys are right. They yawn. lol Anyone know anything about "if there are strings of saliva when they yawn" what that is indicative of? I thought I read something once.

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I believe that the stringy saliva can be indicative of a URI, that along with cracky breathing.

lbesok said:

I believe that the stringy saliva can be indicative of a URI, that along with cracky breathing.

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That's what I thought I'd read... thank you. That's what makes me look everytime he opens his mouth. lol Always checking.

PardalisGirl said:

So my question is...............does one chameleon's yawn prompt another chameleon to yawn? Yawning seems to be "contagious" with people. Has anyone seen this happen with chameleons? I've got multiple chams housed in the same room where they can see each other across the room or are actually in the same cage (females). I've never seen one chameleon's yawn cause another one to yawn. Just curious now that the subject has been brought up.

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lol... that will be funny to see in a video clip.
one yawning after another.
Catherine, i PM you some Q. if you don't mind..

Mesnik said:

I saw mine yawning first time today!!! First it was a stretch and then the yawn. Very cool.

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I just got my new baby veiled chameleon yesterday. And this morning after his second misting, he yawned! I became paranoid that he had a respiratory infection. So I looked it up on this website.