Strange behaviour !

[Jingi]

Hi everybody!
Lately I wanted to hand-feed my female cham so I walked down to cage, grabbed some crickets and I see my cham with wide open mouth just staring at me! I opened cage and then she rushed to nearest branch from me and she still had her mouth open wide! She, for whatever reason, kept her mouth opened, untill I showed her food. This is happening to me more and more often. Along with me watching over her, and one day she made a funny noise, it was almost like sneezing!

 

[kinyonga]

What are your cage temperatures? Is the cage near a window or a vent?
Does she have a lot of mucus in her mouth?

 

[Jingi]

What are your cage temperatures? Is the cage near a window or a vent?
Does she have a lot of mucus in her mouth?

Around 35 -40 degree Celsius. Cage is around corner from window and it is closed all the time. She has clean mouth

 

[jajeanpierre]

Could be a few things. Maybe she was too hot. Or, she was not happy with you and was gaping at you. I don't know if they open their mouth with a respiratory infection--maybe someone can answer that.

 

[Jingi]

She is looking fine, no visible problems. Maybe she was angry at me, but I am careful and try to move slowly as possible. She is also fine with climbing on my hand, when she wants. It is just that she started to greet me like that.