Mouth open

[AACblackout]

My female shed yesterday and the days leading up to it she would leave her mouth open for 10-15 seconds while she was basking. My male is now looking a little ashy like he is about to shed and he is also leaving his mouth open at random times with good temp and humidity. So could this be a trend that tgey do this

 

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[junglefries]

Usually sign of overheating. They can yawn before eating to align the jaws or stretch the skin for shedding. Would have to see your actual scenario for a determination.

 

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50 watt basking bulb 85-90 for basking
80 everywhere else usually about 45 % humidity until I spray but my mist king will be here Friday. Shouldn't be to hott at that temp

 

[jamjam]

sometimes it worries me an ambient of 80 might be too hot mones like that too but ive never seen him gape so hopefully hes fine. but I agree with junglefries and might just be them stretching/loosening skin around the mouth

 

[crazychamzoo]

Your basking temps are good, low to mid 90's, the light source should be at least 10" from the basking spot, and ambient temps should be low to mid 80's and drop at night to low to mid 70's, and no less the 60. More than likely with the onset of the shed it's just stretching the skin in perpetration for the shed. You might want to check your temps with another thermometer to be sure and check at 15-20 min intervals to insure consistency. Panthers tend to do best with a humidity of around 70%. Also looks like from your pic she's in a glass terrarium?? If this is the case you should really consider a screened enclosure for better air circulation. The air in a glass terrarium can become pretty stagnant and produce harmful bacteria, you Panther will do much better, and be a lot happier in a screened enclosure. But I'm just very bias on this from rescuing local chameleons, we have had to give many antibiotic treatments to Chameleons we took in that where kept in glass terrariums and even aquariums, everything from URI's to bad eye infections. Speaking of URI, as mentioned above gaping is usually related to thermal regulation and sometimes the shedding, but can also be a sign of a URI, but usually includes excess mucus, and wheezing.

 

[crazychamzoo]

Oh, and she is beautiful!!! Very nice girl you have there.

 

[AACblackout]

I do plan on moving them to an All screen enclosure. I started out with an all screen enclosure and tge humidity was hard to keep up. I do however leave a fan on that points in the direction of of both terrariums small computer fans tgat I have wired and the air circulates throughout the enclosure lightly not hard bit enough to give it circulation. When I use my mistking in a screen enclosure how do you keep the water from not spraying outside of the enclosure. Tgere is no mucus or wheezing or anything of the such

 

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Also he started his shed this morning so he was probably stretching

 

[junglefries]

Most, if not all my panthers yawn in the morning upon the lights coming on. They lick their chops upon seeing worms, before eating them. If they don't, they have no intentions of eating it. They yawn before eating that first cricket. Kinda like a snake does, after he eats to realign the jaw. It would also make sense that it helps to stretch the skin and separate it, in order to shed it.