Signs of respiratory infections??
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ehdee6
Chameleon Enthusiast
My chams also do this, if it's too hot.
How hot is the basking area? How are you measuring your heat/hydro? One like this is most recommended.
If it were an RI, they'd most often tip their head back/upward, and you might hear a wheezing sound.
Also, if it's too hot they'll burn themselves. They don't know when to move away from the heat, and might get burned. That's why it's on YOU to make sure the temperature/humidity is perfect.
How hot is the basking area? How are you measuring your heat/hydro? One like this is most recommended.
If it were an RI, they'd most often tip their head back/upward, and you might hear a wheezing sound.
Also, if it's too hot they'll burn themselves. They don't know when to move away from the heat, and might get burned. That's why it's on YOU to make sure the temperature/humidity is perfect.
Lucas00-
Established Member
I had a scare a month or so ago. My guy was gaping on and off for a few days and it freaked me out. Never heard any wheezing or popping sounds though. A few days later on my weekend I sat and watched him on and off for half the day and realized when his ambient temps started to rise he started to gape. I turned off his heat lamp and he stopped completely. I narrowed it down to the heat lamp and the temps around his basking branch being too warm after the lights were on for a while. I invested into a pc fan that helps promote better air circulation inside of his enclosure. And I also set the heat lamp on a timer to turn off once his ambient temps got to the low 70s. The temp in my house goes up thru the day so it ended up helping a lot. Not sure if this might be your situation but I wanted to drop my own experience with my scare.
Motherlode Chameleon
Chameleon Enthusiast
Your female Chamaeleo calypatratus looks as though she wants to be left alone.
She could be heat stressing. However I do not think so because she seems to be away from the basking light.
Best Regards
Jeremy A. Rich
She could be heat stressing. However I do not think so because she seems to be away from the basking light.
Best Regards
Jeremy A. Rich
the only thing we can think of what started her like that was after feeding her a hornworm and i think it got her in the face while trying to eat it. thats when she was different. but today shes seems fine now, today shes was bright green and also came out of her enclosure!!! but she was alittle hungry which got her to come out onto our hands. i even had her try our living room plants so she can explore which made her happy i would say. so today she seems calm and well.
both lights are 6-7 inches abovefrom her spots.
GrannyK
Chameleon Enthusiast
Hornworms can be mean or sometimes too big. I think that you’re right if she doesn’t continue that. Little hornworm tasted yummy but ticked her off.
ehdee6
Chameleon Enthusiast
Perfect, how do you measure the heat/humidity under her basking light? Do you have one of those dial gauges, or a digital one, near the basking spot?
Also, looking at your amazing cage set up; your little girl is going to need a container to lay eggs in. It's best to add it while she's young to get familiar with it being in her cage. This is a very important necessity for our little girls. They lay eggs, even without a male; like chickens. If she can't safely lay her eggs it can, sadly, become a deadly situation. She can become egg bound and die.
If you've not read this blog, I'd highly recommend reading it. https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/veiled-chameleon-laying-101.2488
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