Yamen chameleon has his mouth open?

Question

I have notice twice today my chameleon has just been sitting there with his mouth open, is this normal, he is 8 months old ans ive only had him a week, am I doing something wrong? evertything is ok with his eating.

Answer 1

  He is just hot. If he does it a lot for long times, lower the temp. You will need a modulator to plug your lamp into. You can use a spray bottle thats very clean, new, with reptile safe water, to put drops on his head to roll into his mouth. keep watering untill he does not lap any up

Answer 2

Grazie per i tuoi 10 points !P.S. Come sta il tuo cameleonte ?

Thanks again, your for ever, Tino !

Answer 3

Its like when a dog opens its mouth its because their too hot so they pant to get rid of heat. Works the same with Reptiles, Perfectly Normal.

Answer 4

No I dont think so, I'm not 100% but i visit my local pet store like 4x a week and they have chamelons who always are doing that. They must be letting hot air out or some c**p.

Answer 5

It's called gaping(dunno if i spelt that right) basically he's panting to cool down. Or he's threatened, is it when your getting him out/standing at his tank or does he do it even when your far away? My baby Yemen Chameleon does that when ever he's angry or threatened, especially in the morning(he's not a morning lizard lol). The temps are 30C in my tank. I he's hissing, puffing his throat out or making himself look bigger in general then he's threatened.

Charlotte x