Please Help

[AZweifel]

I am a new Cham owner, but I've had my girl for about two weeks. Female panther chameleon, approximately 3-4 months in age, in a 16x16x30 screen enclosure with a golden pothos plant. I feed her 8-10 crickets every daily, dusted in calcium w/o D3 and Reptivite.
Today she is acting super strange. She seems booted, and she keeps doing this yawning/gagging thing? Her whole body will puff up and then she opens her mouth really wide and shakes.
Her humidity is normal and consistent about 50% and her heat is at about 85 for basking and in the 70's depending where she goes in the enclosure. I'm eating super worried something is wrong because I've never seen her behave like this. Any ideas??

 

[Kristen Wilkins]

I am a new Cham owner, but I've had my girl for about two weeks. Female panther chameleon, approximately 3-4 months in age, in a 16x16x30 screen enclosure with a golden pothos plant. I feed her 8-10 crickets every daily, dusted in calcium w/o D3 and Reptivite.
Today she is acting super strange. She seems booted, and she keeps doing this yawning/gagging thing? Her whole body will puff up and then she opens her mouth really wide and shakes.
Her humidity is normal and consistent about 50% and her heat is at about 85 for basking and in the 70's depending where she goes in the enclosure. I'm eating super worried something is wrong because I've never seen her behave like this. Any ideas??

Hi @AZweifel could you post a few pictures?

 

[AZweifel]

 

[Kristen Wilkins]

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Is she opening her mouth or just puffing ? She has a shiver as well ?

 

[Kristen Wilkins]

Sounds like She could have a URI . Do you have a good vet ?

 

[AZweifel]

No mouth opening, and she puffs up any time I bring my phone out. Idk why. Usually she won't puff up her throats unless I'm taking pictures of her.
And she only shivers when she does the yawning/gagging thing.
I do have a vet, yes.

 

[Kristen Wilkins]

No mouth opening, and she puffs up any time I bring my phone out. Idk why. Usually she won't puff up her throats unless I'm taking pictures of her.
And she only shivers when she does the yawning/gagging thing.
I do have a vet, yes.

She does not like your phone . It's very common for some reason chameleons hate phones . Just keep an eye for extra mucus . If you can get a video of it and posted that would be great .

 

[AZweifel]

I'll try! I'm at work right now, but when I get home tonight I'll see if she is still doing it and try to get a video then!

 

[Brokaylacham]

shes so cute! I hope everything is fine!

 

[Kristen Wilkins]

@AZweifel how is the baby ?

 

[AZweifel]

She's okay, I think! She hasn't done the gagging thing, not that I've seen anyways. Her color seems normal. She's been pretty low in her enclosure lately, but that isn't anything to worry about, right?

 

[Kristen Wilkins]

She's okay, I think! She hasn't done the gagging thing, not that I've seen anyways. Her color seems normal. She's been pretty low in her enclosure lately, but that isn't anything to worry about, right?

My experience with panthers is about 6/7 months . I have a male and he's nutty he goes everywhere. He patrols everything inside and out . I would say yes . Let's see if we can get @Matt Vanilla Gorilla what he thinks .

 

[laurie]

It may be nothing, but I agree it sort of sounds like a URI. Watch her as carefully as you have time for, if you see any gasping or mucus in her mouth, give your vet a call.

 

[Matt Vanilla Gorilla]

If this happened in the morning soon after the lights came on she was probably just yawning and doing the shiver nearly all creatures do when they yawn. I would lower my basking temperature a tad for her age too. I agree with @Kristen Wilkins though!