Alright, so I'm going to explain this as best and as detailed as I can so bare with me please.
Just to sum it up, I'm a very concerned beardie mom, I try not to be but I just can't help it lol
Well I got home from work today to find my baby girl beardie Sydney sitting next to her water bowl/bath, which was fine since she usually likes to hang out on her log. So I got some house chores done then came to sit down in the living room (where her cage is) and noticed that she was "freaking out". All of a sudden she went into her water bowl and started rubbing her face against the edge, this went on for a couple of minutes then she got out and started rubbing her face against her substrate and the outside of her water bowl. After she did that she kind of calmed down, but not for long, she then started "digging" primarily with her back legs and somewhat with her front(she did that and scooted around). This (so far what I've mentioned) went on for 5 minutes or so.
Thinking she was calmed down since she got back on her log, I sat down next to her cage just to watch her, that's when she started a whole other batch of weirdness. All of a sudden her belly got really big and extended and she started puffing out her beard (it never turned black) and then bringing it back to normal (kind of like in a breathing motion).
After all that I finally picked her up (I feel like a bad mommy for just watching her) and started a nice warm bath for her, not sure why but that was my first instinct, and kept her in there for 5 minutes then took her out. I dried her off then checked her out for mites, just incase but didn't find anything ( believe me, I was using a magnifier and making sure I looked all over her and her cage). I took her and sat down after I checked her out and she returned back to normal, snuggled and fell asleep nestled into my neck and we stayed like that for an hour before I returned her back to her cage and she acted like nothing happened, relaxed in her cage and fell asleep when I turned her lights off.
So basically I have no idea what was going on with her, I'm hoping that someone here would help provide some insight. She's a healthy, happy, etc beardie with no problems other than what I just described.
Hopefully that wasn't to hard to comprehend, if it was I'll try my best to clarify for you guys!!
Help?!
Just to sum it up, I'm a very concerned beardie mom, I try not to be but I just can't help it lol
Well I got home from work today to find my baby girl beardie Sydney sitting next to her water bowl/bath, which was fine since she usually likes to hang out on her log. So I got some house chores done then came to sit down in the living room (where her cage is) and noticed that she was "freaking out". All of a sudden she went into her water bowl and started rubbing her face against the edge, this went on for a couple of minutes then she got out and started rubbing her face against her substrate and the outside of her water bowl. After she did that she kind of calmed down, but not for long, she then started "digging" primarily with her back legs and somewhat with her front(she did that and scooted around). This (so far what I've mentioned) went on for 5 minutes or so.
Thinking she was calmed down since she got back on her log, I sat down next to her cage just to watch her, that's when she started a whole other batch of weirdness. All of a sudden her belly got really big and extended and she started puffing out her beard (it never turned black) and then bringing it back to normal (kind of like in a breathing motion).
After all that I finally picked her up (I feel like a bad mommy for just watching her) and started a nice warm bath for her, not sure why but that was my first instinct, and kept her in there for 5 minutes then took her out. I dried her off then checked her out for mites, just incase but didn't find anything ( believe me, I was using a magnifier and making sure I looked all over her and her cage). I took her and sat down after I checked her out and she returned back to normal, snuggled and fell asleep nestled into my neck and we stayed like that for an hour before I returned her back to her cage and she acted like nothing happened, relaxed in her cage and fell asleep when I turned her lights off.
So basically I have no idea what was going on with her, I'm hoping that someone here would help provide some insight. She's a healthy, happy, etc beardie with no problems other than what I just described.
Hopefully that wasn't to hard to comprehend, if it was I'll try my best to clarify for you guys!!
Help?!
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