Exhaling and breathing hard!

[Hailey1110]

My baby beardie is exhaling really heard and breathing heavy what could that mean, I just looked over and he was doing this. Please I’m kind of freaking out, there are no 24 hour vets near me

 

[Asper]

My baby beardie is exhaling really heard and breathing heavy what could that mean, I just looked over and he was doing this. Please I’m kind of freaking out, there are no 24 hour vets near me

Some questions:

Did this occur after eating ?

Has he had a bath recently ?

How do you give him water ? (Spray bottle, eye dropper etc)

What is your tank humidity or the humidity of where you live ?

How often is the tank cleaned ?

Is there anything new in his tank that may have stressed him out ?

My guess is he may have something stuck in his throat. You can use a credit card/id or similar to prop open his mouth gently and look with a flashlight. This is best done with 2 - 3 people to hold the beardie still and use tweezers to remove the blockage.

If he’s aspirated anything, it’s likely he could have an infection and needs to see a vet. He could also get a respiratory infection from the tank temperatures not being adequate and the tank not being clean/too humid.

Please post updates ! And take to a vet asap !

 

[Hailey1110]

Some questions:

Did this occur after eating ?

Has he had a bath recently ?

How do you give him water ? (Spray bottle, eye dropper etc)

What is your tank humidity or the humidity of where you live ?

How often is the tank cleaned ?

Is there anything new in his tank that may have stressed him out ?

My guess is he may have something stuck in his throat. You can use a credit card/id or similar to prop open his mouth gently and look with a flashlight. This is best done with 2 - 3 people to hold the beardie still and use tweezers to remove the blockage.

If he’s aspirated anything, it’s likely he could have an infection and needs to see a vet. He could also get a respiratory infection from the tank temperatures not being adequate and the tank not being clean/too humid.

Please post updates ! And take to a vet asap !

He just took a bath but I watched him the whole time and he was only in there for a couple mins, his head never went under just a couple droplets on his head

 

[Hailey1110]

Like this

 

[Hailey1110]

He keeps rubbing his face like he has nose pugs stuck, she just finished shedding but They aren’t there, is it possible a peace is still stuck inside that I can’t see and he cant get out

 

[Drache613]

Hello,

Your dragon is shedding on the face & head area? A lot of times, they will do what you call a forced
exhalation type of behavior to stretch out skin to prepare for shedding, etc.
Could that possibly be what he was doing? Do you have a video of him doing this?

Tracie