Mouth Open Cham ?

[kelsxox]

I just walked in the bedroom and aLexa had her mouth wide open just sitting there? i could see her tongue and everything and she was just looking at me? It didn't appear that she was angry or anything? She wasnt spotted(how she usually is when shes angry), she wasnt swaying back in forth, hissing or even have her chin out.. When i opened the cage door she closed her mouth.. So i thaught maybe she was thirsty so i misted the cage and made her dripper 'drip more' lol..

Also she's got this dark brown spot on her side? I'm woundering what this is from? (picture included)

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Chameleon Info:
• Your Chameleon - Vielded, female, 6-7 months. Been in my care for about a week
• Handling - Once or twice a day, for cleaning or giving repta-aid or other treatments.
• Feeding - Crickets,4-8 a day, 4 in morning 4 in afternoon.. now that she's starting to eat again. Gutloading with carrots, romaine lettuce & sweat potatoe.
• Supplements -
Exo Terra Powder Calcium - everyday
Exo Terra Powder Multi Vitamin- once every 2 weeks.
Exo Terra Powder Calcium+D3- once every 2 weeks.
• Watering - Homemade water bottle dripper. Misting 5 to 6 times a day. Do you see your chameleon drinking? - yees.
• Fecal Description - brown with white end, and this goey stuff.
• History - my baby gurl aLexa has MBD, i'm trying to stop it from getting any worse, according to the feedbacks from the people on forums it is not very severe right now.

Cage Info:
• Cage Type - LARGE repti breeze.
• Lighting -
18'' 15 watt Repti Sun 5.0
18'' 15 watt Nature Sun
50 watt ZooMed Basking bulb
• Plants - no real plants yet , i have a Neanthe Bella Palm woundering if this is safe???
• Placement - Cage is in SPARE bedroom, on top of nightstand in corner
• Location - timmins ontario

 

[camimom]

what are youre cage temps?
mouth open for reasons other than hissing, eating, drinking, or for a respiratory infection, is normally because the chameleon is too hot.

so measure your basking temps please.

as for the spot, probably a bruise.

 

[carol5208]

you did not mention your temps. Hot temps can make them open their mouth to thermoregulate. Why do you have the Nature Sun on top of the Uvb and the basking bulb? Is that a plant light? Does it give off heat?

 

[jeremylee33]

my panther does the same thing

My 7 month old panther does the same thing and i measured the basking temp which is between 89 and 95...and the cage is about 72 to 75 ...i am using a 60 watt blue daylight bulb that puts out heat and a 5.0 reptisun bulb for uvb. the day light bulb also puts out uvb...so i wonder like the first comment what am i doing wrong or what can i do because i know the temps should be around 90 at the basking area.

 

[kelsxox]

I have a exo terra light fixture and i needed to hook up another floresant to it cause its got 2 outlets . the repti sun and nature sun dont produce much heat, the only reason i got the nature sun was because i didnt want to over doo it by adding another repti sun 5.0 to it.. all it does it add more light to the enclosure... I need to get a temp gun.. i only caught her the once doing it, so i have no idea why she was doing ittt... I used to have a red night heat basking bulb that i used during the day it was a 100 watt and that was too much cause i noticed it was bothering her eyes..(someone picked me up the wrong bulb thats why i was using it and since i switched it theres been no problems)

I need to get a temp gun asap to measure it, I mist alot to keep up the humidity and keep her hydrated also

 

[camimom]

if she only did it once, its probably because her basking spot temp is too high.
if its over 85, raise the bulb to reduce the temp.

 

[Slyfox]

I've been told that veileds like basking between 75 to 88f I have my light cut out if goes above 88f on a thermostat.. And at night when all is off it's shouldn't drop below 55f


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[kelsxox]

I've been told that veileds like basking between 75 to 88f I have my light cut out if goes above 88f on a thermostat.. And at night when all is off it's shouldn't drop below 55f


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I got a ZooMed temperature 'measurer' lol & her basking area is in the low 80's like 83 ferinhite and at night its like 60-65.. now i just need something to measure the humidity