Is it yawning? Dry heaving?

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Roxyrox

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Strangest thing, my beardie was basking, then it opened its mouth as wide as it could, and blew up its beard larger than I've ever seen it. It blew straight out to underneath the bottom of its mouth. It looked like it was choking, or dry heaving or something. Then it just stopped and resumed basking.

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Roxyrox":797f2 said:
Strangest thing, my beardie was basking, then it opened its mouth as wide as it could, and blew up its beard larger than I've ever seen it. It blew straight out to underneath the bottom of its mouth. It looked like it was choking, or dry heaving or something. Then it just stopped and resumed basking.

Any ideas?
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Ok so opening wide is ok sometimes.Is he in shed or about to shed?Sometime they do it to break up shed.Was there actually a sound?
 
well i can sorta relate, every once in a while mine will be basking and just randomly open his mouth and poof himself out real big for like 2 sec and then just look at me like "What? a guy can't poof up every once in a while?!" lol, he won't open it as far as he could but he def poofed up lol So ima just say keep an eye on it JUST in case, but im thinkin it's just the fact that they do some strange things sometime :-\
 

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vickson420":d0cca said:
Roxyrox":d0cca said:
Strangest thing, my beardie was basking, then it opened its mouth as wide as it could, and blew up its beard larger than I've ever seen it. It blew straight out to underneath the bottom of its mouth. It looked like it was choking, or dry heaving or something. Then it just stopped and resumed basking.

Any ideas?
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Ok so opening wide is ok sometimes.Is he in shed or about to shed?Sometime they do it to break up shed.Was there actually a sound?

No sound, but his beard contracted and expanded like a frog. Not so rapidly, like if you played a frog breathing in very slow motion.
 

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edevildude":dd840 said:
well i can sorta relate, every once in a while mine will be basking and just randomly open his mouth and poof himself out real big for like 2 sec and then just look at me like "What? a guy can't poof up every once in a while?!" lol, he won't open it as far as he could but he def poofed up lol So ima just say keep an eye on it JUST in case, but im thinkin it's just the fact that they do some strange things sometime :-\

It was longer, about 20 seconds. He did look at me like that though. Strange animal, youre right.
 

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Roxyrox":50802 said:
edevildude":50802 said:
well i can sorta relate, every once in a while mine will be basking and just randomly open his mouth and poof himself out real big for like 2 sec and then just look at me like "What? a guy can't poof up every once in a while?!" lol, he won't open it as far as he could but he def poofed up lol So ima just say keep an eye on it JUST in case, but im thinkin it's just the fact that they do some strange things sometime :-\

It was longer, about 20 seconds. He did look at me like that though. Strange animal, youre right.
Ok then that is fine,they do this from time to time just to stretch however if he starts doing it constantly then there may be an issue.
 
Yea it looks exactly the same as when mine does it, well except my little dude it smaller then urs therefor less beard to puff out lol, he actually hadn't done it in a while but the day after i commented on this i caught him just sitting there basking and poofing in and out for like 1 min. then back to normal , im thinking it's just our beardies being weird'os :roll:
 

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Mine does the same thing ocassionally. My boyfriend's does this almost every morning, we call it his "morning stretches"
 

SierraandRhonda

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How big is your tank. I have never seen Sierra puff her beard while basking but she will open her mouth likes shes too hot but won't move to the cooler side
 
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