charleighg
New member
Hi there,
I have noticed my beardie gaping more often and fear her humidity in her home may have been too high or something. I am buying a humidity thermostat today but hadn't had one before because it broke and she has just always been healthy but we moved to a carpeted old studio that consist of a lot of humidity.
She seems healthy but she does sometimes more towards nighttime glass surf and I found her standing completely straight up the glass wedged between her hammock and the glass. I took her out and she started gaping on the couch which had never happened before.
When I watch her breathing, it seems completely normal but sometimes when she eats, she takes a second and breathes hard (usually after consuming a large portion of live crickets or worms)
She is a full adult and her cage is kept clean. I have photos below of her nose shedding and what she looks like. I have a photo of her on my shoulder gaping (first time she has ever gaped outside her aquarium)
If you suggest it is a respiratory illness, would you suggest going with the treatment with colloidal silver, Serrapeptase, and a nebulizer? And if she IS healthy, would it be okay to still do that treatment? She has no runny mucus and she doesn't "cough" and rarely "weazes/breathes hard" . Please help! (Also noticed black near her head on the back side of her beard, shown in photos. Shes had that for so long. is is something wrong?) Thank you
I have noticed my beardie gaping more often and fear her humidity in her home may have been too high or something. I am buying a humidity thermostat today but hadn't had one before because it broke and she has just always been healthy but we moved to a carpeted old studio that consist of a lot of humidity.
She seems healthy but she does sometimes more towards nighttime glass surf and I found her standing completely straight up the glass wedged between her hammock and the glass. I took her out and she started gaping on the couch which had never happened before.
When I watch her breathing, it seems completely normal but sometimes when she eats, she takes a second and breathes hard (usually after consuming a large portion of live crickets or worms)
She is a full adult and her cage is kept clean. I have photos below of her nose shedding and what she looks like. I have a photo of her on my shoulder gaping (first time she has ever gaped outside her aquarium)
If you suggest it is a respiratory illness, would you suggest going with the treatment with colloidal silver, Serrapeptase, and a nebulizer? And if she IS healthy, would it be okay to still do that treatment? She has no runny mucus and she doesn't "cough" and rarely "weazes/breathes hard" . Please help! (Also noticed black near her head on the back side of her beard, shown in photos. Shes had that for so long. is is something wrong?) Thank you