Chirple
Hatchling Member
Recently, the upper part of my bearded dragon's head turned that milky white, getting ready to shed. I can't tell if the beard is going to shed, but I'm hoping that's the case.
He keeps puffing his beard out and when he does so, I hear a sharp intake of air sort of noise. Is this normal ? I have heard that puffing out to help shed is, but I'm not sure about the noise and I'm still in "terrified new owner" stage !! At first I thought he was maybe coughing, but then I noticed his beard would puff out when he made the noise. I checked his nose and eyes and there's no discharge so I don't think it's a respiratory infection (I don't mist him or his cage, he has baths every day).
He also had to be coaxed to eat today, and I've heard that's normal. This is the first time he's every been picky, so I had the joy of removing tons of crickets from his tank because he wouldn't touch any of them, though he ate a few dubia that I placed right next to him.
He has a reptisun 10.0 and halogen basking bulb - and I've been temping it with my IR gun for hours out of paranoia (98-111).
Just saw him bug out his eyes a bit - I'm glad I had some forewarning on that. O__O
Sorry, I know this is such a paranoid new owner post, but I tried to search for it and couldn't find anything to help me stop freaking out (this is the first time he's shed, so I don't really know his habits) ! D:
He keeps puffing his beard out and when he does so, I hear a sharp intake of air sort of noise. Is this normal ? I have heard that puffing out to help shed is, but I'm not sure about the noise and I'm still in "terrified new owner" stage !! At first I thought he was maybe coughing, but then I noticed his beard would puff out when he made the noise. I checked his nose and eyes and there's no discharge so I don't think it's a respiratory infection (I don't mist him or his cage, he has baths every day).
He also had to be coaxed to eat today, and I've heard that's normal. This is the first time he's every been picky, so I had the joy of removing tons of crickets from his tank because he wouldn't touch any of them, though he ate a few dubia that I placed right next to him.
He has a reptisun 10.0 and halogen basking bulb - and I've been temping it with my IR gun for hours out of paranoia (98-111).
Just saw him bug out his eyes a bit - I'm glad I had some forewarning on that. O__O
Sorry, I know this is such a paranoid new owner post, but I tried to search for it and couldn't find anything to help me stop freaking out (this is the first time he's shed, so I don't really know his habits) ! D:
