respiratory infection?

[Damicofam6]

I have a 8 month old panther and today i noticed some popping like sounds when he was walking on my arm and i looked it up and saw it was a sign of respiratory infection. He acts normal walks normal and for the most part eats normal he recently hasn't been too interested in crickets but eats silkworms just fine. I was watching him to make sure he was alright after he was put back in the cage he drank a few water droplets and then he gasped and his body looked to have tightened up. Does this sound like a respiratory infection? I plan to bring him to the vet tomorrow.

 

[Damicofam6]

• Your Chameleon - blue bar ambilobe, male, 8 months old. ive had him for 5 months
• Handling - almost daily?
• Feeding - crickets and silkworms? 8 crickets, 3-4 silkworms was eating daily not eating as much recently cricket crack and silkworm food
• Supplements - herptivite 2x a month, reptivite 2x a month, miner-all 2x a week, calcium w/ d3 2x a month, calcium no d3 all other days
• Watering - mistking with RO water and dripper about every 2 hours ranging from 30 seconds to 2 minutes? yes he drinks mostly from his dripper
• Fecal Description - was brown with white urate recently has been a bit orange but he drinks plenty last dropping 2 days ago. never been tested for parasites
• History - no issues

Cage Info:

• Cage Type - screen repti-breeze 4x2x2
• Lighting - zoo med daylight blue reptile heat bulb 100 watt, reptisun 10.0 uvb hood light and reptisun 5.0 uvb hood light, light on at 7 am off at 7 pm.
• Temperature - top 86, bottom 70. Lowest overnight temp 65. using laser heat gun and electronic thermometer/humidistat
• Humidity - 50% to 80% using Mist King and spray bottle. use electronic humidistat
• Plants - live and plastic, 2 guzmania, fern, pothos, marginata
• Placement - Cage in my bedroom, near window. Ceiling fan in room (not often). top of cage approx 6 ft off floor
• Location - located in Massachusetts

Current Problem - RI? recently started to hear slight popping noise and for the first time today he seemed to gasp/cough and his body looked to tighten up

 

[oneillchameleons]

Hard to be sure but some signs of an RI include leaning their heads back, struggling for breath, mucous or bubbles, etc. I'd see a vet if you've noticed any of these. What is your supplement schedule? And if I read it correctly, you have a reptisun 5.0 as well as a reptisun 10.0? That seems like it's a bit excessive but I'm not sure about the effect it would have.

 

[Damicofam6]

Hard to be sure but some signs of an RI include leaning their heads back, struggling for breath, mucous or bubbles, etc. I'd see a vet if you've noticed any of these. What is your supplement schedule? And if I read it correctly, you have a reptisun 5.0 as well as a reptisun 10.0? That seems like it's a bit excessive but I'm not sure about the effect it would have.

i have 2 reptisun lights because i took the one off the old cage when i upgraded to his big cage

 

[oneillchameleons]

I would take one of them off. A single reptisun 10 should be more than enough, even if it has to go through a screen. You likely know your chameleon better than anyone else, if you notice a change in his behaviour for more than a few days, a visit to a qualified hero vet would be the best option.