Camiboy
New Member
Hi! I have a question regarding Cam (my Jackson) and his temperature preferences.
A little back story on him; I live in Hawaii and back in late March of 2020 my father-in-law found him trying to cross a street in our neighborhood. He was very small but not aggressive or defensive so we don’t know if he was wild or if he had been a pet. I did all the research and learned everything I could about how to care for him and we’ve had him now almost a year.
I’ve only ever had mammal pets so this is all still new to me but I’m doing my very best to give him a good life.
Hawaii in the winter time still stays in the low 80s but we’ve had a bit of a cold front the past week where it got down into the 60s at night. Today is the first really hot and humid day we’ve had and I noticed that mid day he got really dark and had his mouth gaping. He does the gaping thing somewhat regularly and when he does I spray him down or give him a shower. So I brought him into my room with the AC on which really doesn’t bring our room temp down very much at all but at least he’s not baking. I sprayed him down a bunch and now he’s regular green.
From what I read, if they’re overheating they’ll turn super light/pale. So I was wondering if anyone had any idea what he was dark?
Thank you!!
A little back story on him; I live in Hawaii and back in late March of 2020 my father-in-law found him trying to cross a street in our neighborhood. He was very small but not aggressive or defensive so we don’t know if he was wild or if he had been a pet. I did all the research and learned everything I could about how to care for him and we’ve had him now almost a year.
I’ve only ever had mammal pets so this is all still new to me but I’m doing my very best to give him a good life.
Hawaii in the winter time still stays in the low 80s but we’ve had a bit of a cold front the past week where it got down into the 60s at night. Today is the first really hot and humid day we’ve had and I noticed that mid day he got really dark and had his mouth gaping. He does the gaping thing somewhat regularly and when he does I spray him down or give him a shower. So I brought him into my room with the AC on which really doesn’t bring our room temp down very much at all but at least he’s not baking. I sprayed him down a bunch and now he’s regular green.
From what I read, if they’re overheating they’ll turn super light/pale. So I was wondering if anyone had any idea what he was dark?
Thank you!!