Not sure...Need INFO!!!

Johnny84

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Chameleon Info:

Your Chameleon - Veiled Male 7 weeks old. One week in my care.
Handling - I handle my Cham every few days!
Feeding - I feed him 15 to 20 small crickets a day.. I gut load them from a mix from my local petstore.
Supplements - I dust with calcium almost daily and Cal w/ D3 and Herptivite 2 x a month.
Watering - I have a power mister bottle and he gets misted 3 to 4 times per day and Ive seen him drink water.
Fecal Description - It is brown and white!!
History - The Veiled was bought from local petstore and hes larger than his brothers and sisters!

Cage Info:

Cage Type - Glass Exo-Terrarium.
Lighting - The light fixture that comes with the Exo-Terrarium with an UVB Bulb and an 60W house bulb on the other side.
Temperature -The temp stays around 80....Lower temp is around mid 70s and the basking spot is around 90. I use a the ZooMed digital reader.
Humidity - The humidity is around 60% and I use the dual temp and humidity guage.
Plants - I'm using live Umbrella plants and pothos.
Placement - The cage is in our main floor front room and is on a stand that puts the top of the cage chin high.
Location -Tooele, Utah

Current Problem - I have noticed that he doesn’t eat as much the last few days and that he goes to the top of his cage holding his mouth open...(He’s done that twice now that I’ve noticed!) he doesn’t breath heavily or there isn’t any bubbles or sounds coming out of his mouth!! Just not sure why he is doing it!!
 
Your basking spot temp is way high for a 2MO Cham, Baby chams like something at or lower than 84. what is the uvb rating, 5.0 or 10.0?
 
Your basking spot temp is way high for a 2MO Cham, Baby chams like something at or lower than 84. what is the uvb rating, 5.0 or 10.0?

Agreed... VERY hot for a cham THAT young... I would take the basking bulb down to a 20watt or 40watt if any AT ALL... If your temps reach 80 in the cage thats more than enough to suffice a baby cham of that age... He is opening his mouth to vent heat and these can easily lead to overheating... Take the bulb down.
 
Ok..didnt think the 60W was too hot for him..I will take it off and see what jis temp sets to! Thanks!
 
From the info you provided the only obvious problem is the overheating - which led to sitting at the top and gaping. It's very likely that lowering the temps considerably will sort that issue :)
Ambient of 70 in the cooler corner, basking 80 is plenty when the cham is so small.........
 
Also if hes that young and you have only gotten him recently, I wouldn't hold him at all. It could stress him out a lot and not want to be anywhere near things in his new home.
 
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