PoohBearThePerilous
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Hey Everyone!
As of lately I have noticed my bearded dragon Pixie,who just recently turned a year old, has been cracking her mouth slightly open. At first I figured she may have just been regulating her temperature, but she seems to do it even outside of her cage as well when she starts to get into a resting state. She is still perky and energetic. If I have her out or even if she is just listening to what I am doing from within her cage. She will not have her mouth gapped. Its only when she is relaxed and ready for bed or deeply basking.
Her basking temperatures hit 100 during the day. The cool side of the tank is around 80-85 (she is a strange girl who likes it cold)
Her diet may stray from others that I have seen on here, but it works for her and makes her happy it seems. She has fresh veggies in her tank at all times. As for protein,I have 10 dubai roaches that reside in her tank at all times. This doesn't stress her out at all since roaches tend to hide and give her space. Plus they eat the veggie scraps that are left behind so the circle of life in this tank works well. Based on the ones that go missing Id say she eats 2-3 a day. Some days none. I will twice a week take everything out of her cage and gather up the roaches by hand to count them and see if she wants to eat any. Usually during those times she will only eat 1-2 and then refuse any more. As for the veggie bowls I give her, she will eat half of the bowl on some days and then annihilate the entire salad on others. Sometimes I don't know where she puts it all lol. She has healthy solid poops every 2 days as well.
Please let me know if this is a infection or what other thoughts you may have!
As of lately I have noticed my bearded dragon Pixie,who just recently turned a year old, has been cracking her mouth slightly open. At first I figured she may have just been regulating her temperature, but she seems to do it even outside of her cage as well when she starts to get into a resting state. She is still perky and energetic. If I have her out or even if she is just listening to what I am doing from within her cage. She will not have her mouth gapped. Its only when she is relaxed and ready for bed or deeply basking.
Her basking temperatures hit 100 during the day. The cool side of the tank is around 80-85 (she is a strange girl who likes it cold)
Her diet may stray from others that I have seen on here, but it works for her and makes her happy it seems. She has fresh veggies in her tank at all times. As for protein,I have 10 dubai roaches that reside in her tank at all times. This doesn't stress her out at all since roaches tend to hide and give her space. Plus they eat the veggie scraps that are left behind so the circle of life in this tank works well. Based on the ones that go missing Id say she eats 2-3 a day. Some days none. I will twice a week take everything out of her cage and gather up the roaches by hand to count them and see if she wants to eat any. Usually during those times she will only eat 1-2 and then refuse any more. As for the veggie bowls I give her, she will eat half of the bowl on some days and then annihilate the entire salad on others. Sometimes I don't know where she puts it all lol. She has healthy solid poops every 2 days as well.
Please let me know if this is a infection or what other thoughts you may have!