Ghostbirb
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Chameleons can be good at hiding illness, so I’d say that to be on the safe side you should still go to the vet.
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Pluto_the_Panther
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Yeah it's just if I went to the vet every time he's acting weird I'd be there every day. Hopefully the Timelapse shows something.
In my opinion that would be a mistake being as how he is gaping without even being under heat. If this is an RI starting you want to catch it sooner than later or they can die really easily when it progresses.
Pluto_the_Panther
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I haven't seen him do it in the evening yet. He's done it under low heat but it's usually under at least some heat. Only time he did it with zero heat was on the branch when I was cleaning cage which might've just been him being mad.
Totally up to you... Just would be a concern for me with what you have shown and said he is doing.
Pluto_the_Panther
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I'm just wondering if I'm not giving a good picture of how he's acting. I'll send full Timelapse tn and if you still think I should go I will. I haven't canceled appointment yet.
Pluto_the_Panther
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He does it some here but it's still under heat. Fairly certain it won't show up on evening Timelapse.
I dunno... but better to be safe than sorry. Did you reduce the bulb strength or lift it up higher? If it were heat related then that should stop it.
Pluto_the_Panther
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I did change the bulb to 75w but I think it's one of those flat ones you mentioned. If he was doing it because of an infection it should show up in evening Timelapse I would think.
Unless it is early in the infection... Do you have any regular white household bulbs 60-75watt? Because one of those would work as well. The flat focused heat bulbs produce pretty intense heat beam.
Pluto_the_Panther
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Probably do. Here's more of the time lapse
I don't see any gaping once the heat is off. Started another one to be sure though.
Pluto_the_Panther
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Alr here's the full thing. Spans like 10 till now. Thoughts?
I would still take him in to be sure. I don't mess around with RI symptoms. I have seen too many times in the forum how bad they can get and how horrible it is for the chameleon to struggle to breathe.
Pluto_the_Panther
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Pluto_the_Panther
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Glad I made the appointment then. Hopefully they can help him since he's not full on tilting his head up yet.Yeah that is not normal... And looks more like breathing issues.
I am sure they will be able to. Let me know what happens.
Pluto_the_Panther
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Any thoughts on what they should test/do? Like is there anything that would be unnecessary that they might try to recommend?
I know they listen to the lungs. I would think they could simply prescribe the medication after that.
Pluto_the_Panther
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Oh so like X-rays, blood tests, and like swabbing his mouth or something shouldn't be needed? I really hope you're right cause all of that sounds expensive and stressful to him.
