Ricos Mouth while Sleeping

MattandRicco

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Rico is 4 month old male veiled chameleon

Enclosure 2x2x4
T5 HO reptisun 5.0 9" from basking
T5 horticulture light
60w basking dome light

Daytime ambient temp 78F
Basking 85F
Humidity 40%

Nightine ambient temp 74-75F
Humidity 75-90%

Supplements calcium w/o D3 every day
Reptivite with De every other monday

I feed 12-18 feeders a day
Crickets, silk worms and hornworms

Mistking 7:45am -15mins
8pm -10mins

No signs of dehydration, MBD or RI, very active and lives to hunt.

1st luc is of him sleeping a couole days ago mouth perfectly closed.

Today near bed time I noticed this (2nd picture) he is sleeping with his mouth ever so slightly open(well i sorta woke him up while taking the pic, but his mouth was like this when he was fully asleep and right before bed time.

Other pics are from enclosure and rico on normal day.

*he started shedding today could this be the cause? Hes never ever done this before. Also I saw him fling his tong at a cricket that was on a rock, could he have injured his tongue on the rocks? Its a smooth river rock, he didnt swallow it or anything and the rock didnt stick to his tongue.

Thanks in advance
 

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This am hes back to nirmal mouth fukky closed, I saw him eat some crickets so his tongue seems ti be fine and is working just fine, phew ????
 
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