Lizard spit - eww!

[hallenhe]

Thaxter likes his warm spritz. About one time in eight, he gets so caught up in the excitement of open mouth-take in water-repeat that he forgets that swallowing is a recommended part of the procedure. I am the only person I know who routinely dabs a lizard's mouth with a napkin.

 

[reyesjoshuacruz]

someones got a cham condo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[hallenhe]

someones got a cham condo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yessir; sometimes the cham even consents to hang out there for an hour or two...

 

[KitsunesGeckos]

lolz nice ^-^

 

[jernlee]

pretty boy

 

[Kat77]

Thaxter likes his warm spritz. About one time in eight, he gets so caught up in the excitement of open mouth-take in water-repeat that he forgets that swallowing is a recommended part of the procedure. I am the only person I know who routinely dabs a lizard's mouth with a napkin.

I've never seen a chameleon "drool" before! He's a cutie!

 

[jannb]

What does your vet say about the drooling? I wouldn't think that's normal.

 

[Electric]

haha that's great, did you have the camera ready or did the slobber just kinda hang there long enough?

more common than one might think, maybe the droolers are simply the 'specialer' type

http://forum.tanalahy.com/trop-classe-la-photo-t8792.html#p91726

(and no the person is not attempting to mate them)

I know there's another one on that forum but can't seem to find it

found it http://forum.tanalahy.com/la-bavure-t3852.html#p37077

(scroll down as there are 2)

 

[hallenhe]

What does your vet say about the drooling? I wouldn't think that's normal.

He doesn't do this except when drinking, and then it very clearly seems to be a matter of repeatedly taking in water and neglecting to swallow it. When he reaches this stage, I stop spritzing and he calms down and laps the leaves at a more leisurely pace. I've never asked the vet, but he's been doing it for years with no apparent ill effect - and it's not every time he's spritzed, let alone every time he drinks.

 

[Trace]

RUN! He's got rabies!

Cheers,
t

 

[haganator]

Ha! Great pictures you have there. My ambanja does that almost every time he drinks so I think it's normal.

 

[philanddeb818]

He doesn't do this except when drinking, and then it very clearly seems to be a matter of repeatedly taking in water and neglecting to swallow it. When he reaches this stage, I stop spritzing and he calms down and laps the leaves at a more leisurely pace. I've never asked the vet, but he's been doing it for years with no apparent ill effect - and it's not every time he's spritzed, let alone every time he drinks.

Ours do the same when they drink directly from the spray bottle. Nothing wrong with it. They seem to love it too.

 

[Miss Lily]

Eww! Cham slobber - Yuk! He thinks he's a dog, lol!