madelinew
Bearded Dragon Egg
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Hi! I got my beardie in the beginning of October when he was a little less than a month old so he's now around 3 or 4 months. Since the end of December he's been breathing heavily (opening his mouth while his ribs visibly puff in and out) and sometimes when he opens his mouth it makes a sort of popping noise. I first thought it was the beginning of a respiratory infection since I lived with my grandparents and they keep the heat high so I was thinking his humidity was too high. I went to an exotic pet vet and the doctor never officially diagnosed him with anything which I thought was a little odd but I trust them. He's been getting 0.01 ml antibiotic every 72 hours since January 11th and he's now at my parents' house where the temperature is more regulated. I'm just a little lost on what is wrong with him or if anything even is wrong with him??? The mouth opening doesn't seem to be an aggression thing and he doesn't seem to be in any pain, isn't lazy or lethargic (when he's active throughout the day he's super hyper and likes to run, climb, and jump but doesn't seem stressed out)
He's in a 20 gallon tank with a 100w basking bulb on one side and a T8 10.0 uvb tube light on the other side, there's about a 6in distance from the highest he can get to the uvb. his temps range from 75 at night to 95 during the day, humidity around 19-23%. He eats around 10 bsfl every morning mixed with super finely chopped collard greens and some bee pollen powder, he eats all the worms and only eats the greens on accident. He gets around 3-6 quarter inch dubias later in the day with fluckers D3 dustings 3 days a week. He has a water bowl in his tank and drinks out of it only if I start dropping the water on his nose or if I place his front arms in it. He poops healthy poops every other day, gets a bath maybe every other week, I handle him at least 5 minutes everyday or every other day and make sure to watch his body language so he doesn't get stressed out or scared. He seems to me to be pretty healthy I just can't figure out why breathes heavy every once and a while and makes a popping noise when he opens his mouth.
(ignore the 30% humidity and 79 degree temperature this picture was from the beginning of January while his enclosure was still at my grandparents house)
He's in a 20 gallon tank with a 100w basking bulb on one side and a T8 10.0 uvb tube light on the other side, there's about a 6in distance from the highest he can get to the uvb. his temps range from 75 at night to 95 during the day, humidity around 19-23%. He eats around 10 bsfl every morning mixed with super finely chopped collard greens and some bee pollen powder, he eats all the worms and only eats the greens on accident. He gets around 3-6 quarter inch dubias later in the day with fluckers D3 dustings 3 days a week. He has a water bowl in his tank and drinks out of it only if I start dropping the water on his nose or if I place his front arms in it. He poops healthy poops every other day, gets a bath maybe every other week, I handle him at least 5 minutes everyday or every other day and make sure to watch his body language so he doesn't get stressed out or scared. He seems to me to be pretty healthy I just can't figure out why breathes heavy every once and a while and makes a popping noise when he opens his mouth.
