Mouth open

[bunglon]

hello, just want to find out if anybody ever experienced their chameleon sometimes would open their mouth and stay open for maybe about 5-8 seconds ? just want to make sure. thanks.

 

[deadhd5]

Yeah, this is normal chameleon behavior

 

[bunglon]

ha ha , every day learning something new about this . thank you.

 

[camimom]

What is the basking temp?
This normally means they are over heating.

 

[CarlyMK]

It really depends on the circumstances, I don't think there's enough informaion to assume

 

[Padose]

Camimom and CarlyMK have it right. It's probably overheating and he/she is just trying to cool off. However, more information is needed to make sure.

 

[bunglon]

What is the basking temp?
This normally means they are over heating.

about 80-85

 

[deadhd5]

Heat related gaping is more prolonged than a few seconds in my experience. This sounds like a yawn or a stress response to the OP's presence.

Asking for temps was good due diligence, but at those temps you can rule out overheating.

If the gaping is accompanied by a popping sound, it's time for a vet visit for a respiratory infection.

 

[camimom]

How are you measuring this? What tool?
How often is this occurring?

 

[bunglon]

temp gun, i've only seen it happened twice the past 2 weeks.

 

[bunglon]

Heat related gaping is more prolonged than a few seconds in my experience. This sounds like a yawn or a stress response to the OP's presence.

Asking for temps was good due diligence, but at those temps you can rule out overheating.

If the gaping is accompanied by a popping sound, it's time for a vet visit for a respiratory infection.

What's OP ?

 

[camimom]

Original poster.

And if its only happened twice, I'm sure it ok. Just thermo-regulating,

 

[bunglon]

OK, will keep monitoring closely, also is it true that the urate sometimes could be in liquid form ? thanks again

 

[camimom]

Nope.
Updates are solid. It might be less solid if they have eaten a lot of soft bodied worms though.

 

[bunglon]

OK that explain it, i recently started to feed her some silkworm. so looks like im just worrying to much

 

[camimom]

Haha we all do it.