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I swear, I was planning to pen a message to say how great my two chams were doing as everything has been going so well. But...just when things seem to be so good...

Anyway, I found Shogo resting directly under his lamp with his mouth open. It wasn't a threat or stress. He was just sitting there, mouth agape. I observed that his breathing must be normal since I can't see him breathe. There is no clicking sound when he breaths. I didn't see any sores around his mouth. Once I started spraying him for his normal watering, he closed his mouth and ran in terror from the spray bottle as usual (no I didn't aim it at him. Just the sight of it is enough to freak him out!).

Please let me know what you believe this is. I'm hoping for over-heating, but that's not great either, right?

Oh, by the way, if he does have a URI, can he spread this to my other cham? Or is it non-contagious?

Please let me know. You alll have been a savior for me!
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4 Month Old Ambanja Male I - LESTER
4 Month Old Ambanja Male II - SHOGO

He's probably getting a little hot and getting ready to move to a cooler location in the cage. Our veiled cham does this all the time. He has his mouth open for a few minutes, then he goes to the other side of the cage where it is alittle cooler. You should check the temps under the basking area and make sure they are not to hot

mine do this all the time. When I had a cham with a URI he would hold his head way up like pointing at the sky and you could definately hear crackling when he breathed if you got close enough. Also you could see mucus strands in his mouth with the URI.
Oh by the way he is OK now, that was two years ago. He is just a real old guy now! He even looks like an old man.