Thanks ... that's what I was guessing ... the only uro specific reference I could find on-line to venting/gaping (I'm under the impression that they're interchangable terms ... I could certainly be wrong!) is at a site called sundial reptiles ... and there only in passing. I have a beautiful new red geyri, with stunning markings and just an overall beautiful specimen ... within 24 hours of aquiring him he was accepting food from my hand ... he was also exhibiting some of that gaping/venting behavior, which, in the absence of any other apparent signs/causes for distress, I assumed was the heat-regulating behavior. Thanks for your input!



Brent R.

Elizabethtown, PA

1.0 Red Saharan Uromastyx

1.0 Mexican Emerald Swift

0.1 Inland Bearded Dragon

1 Haitian (Jeweled) Curly Tail Lizard

1 Marbled Gecko

5.7 Egyptian Spiny Mice

1.0 Retired Racing Greyhound

0.1 Fat and Lazy Beagle

2.0 Extremely demanding teenage sons

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