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Always questions for y'all! Sage was sitting with his mouth open for a while the other day just sitting there mouth open and all...does that mean he's to hot? I turned off the basking light but that didn't seem to make a differnce and he didn't go in his little hiddy hole to cool off (which is on the cool side of the tank). Anyway...he acts fine, eats well and is active so I was just wondering...
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0.1 Black Lab Mix (Josie)
2.0 Cocketiels (Sparky and Fallon)
3.3 Finches (Rebel, Without a Cause (WC), Bullet, Revolution, Patriot (Pat), and Black Beak)
2.1 Fish (Plue, Alpha, and Beta)
1.0 Collard Lizard (Sage)

Hey,

Normally its me asking the questions, but I looked this up recently and Eve left a post about "thermoregulating" or "thermoregulation", do a search on the forum, she explains different scenarios, both good and bad.... I think she likened it to a dog panting to regulate its temperature

Look it up, Eve explained it far better than I can!

I've been looking but I can't seem to find it...
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0.1 Black Lab Mix (Josie)
2.0 Cocketiels (Sparky and Fallon)
3.3 Finches (Rebel, Without a Cause (WC), Bullet, Revolution, Patriot (Pat), and Black Beak)
2.1 Fish (Plue, Alpha, and Beta)
1.0 Collard Lizard (Sage)

When they sit under the basking light and hang their mouth open they are Gaping, perfectly normal way of cooling off, like panting is for a dog.

Sure they can just move and evenually they do but yeah it's normal. (as long as they are healthy and acting fine in all other areas.)

I had also mentioned that A lizard will hold his mouth open if having breathing disress also, from say a respiratory infection. They will keep head pointing up towards the ceiling and you may notice difficulty in breathing or hear a popping sound when they breath.

*** But in your case it sounds normal and he is GAPING then returns to normal and shuts mouth***
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PHEve / Eve

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Oh good...I just thought it was a little silly to stay where it was hot instead of moving...lol...thanks!
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0.1 Black Lab Mix (Josie)
2.0 Cocketiels (Sparky and Fallon)
3.3 Finches (Rebel, Without a Cause (WC), Bullet, Revolution, Patriot (Pat), and Black Beak)
2.1 Fish (Plue, Alpha, and Beta)
1.0 Collard Lizard (Sage)

Lol, see exactly like I said, much better than I could explain it

LOL, I don't know how GOOD I am I just have alot of these critters, hehehee, I'm always learning, ALWAYS...
And they are so darn Beautiful
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PHEve / Eve

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Ya we know who to ask when we got questions, lol

thing is that you know ya stuff and always logging in, nice that you're so willing to share your own experiences xx