agressive and salivating beardie

[Kiki6]

Hey guys,
Im a little worried here. I don't know if I should post this in here or in the health forum...
Vortexe has been refusing to go out of her tank lately. I have been treating her nails for a few months because of some necrosis problem. viewtopic.php?f=45&t=147906&p=1183924#p1183924
She hates the treatments really bad and she started to lose her trust in me. She seems to associate getting out of her cage with getting treated.
So I've stop for a week, hoping to win her trust back.

But she grew more and more agressive. Everytime I get in the room she puffs her beard. She also keeps opening her mouth when I get her out (and the temperature outside of her cage aren't high lately)

Sometimes, she abruptly blows some air out of her mouth and "salivate". She makes those bubbles with her saliva. She also has a lot of it inside her mouth when she opens it. I tried to give her more water, but she wont drink it.
She even did these abupt air blowing while sleeping on my chest the other day.

Even weirder, sometimes, instead of puffing her beard out, she kind of pulls it in... she usually closes her eyes and shakes her body a bit while doing this. It looks a bit like when you try to swallow something with a sore throat.

However, she keeps eating and running so I wonder if she is really really pissed or if she is sick....

 

[Gail]

I would take her to a vet just in case, excess saliva can be a symptom of a URI.

 

[Kiki6]

What is a URI?

 

[1beardie]

Upper
Respiratory
Infection
URI

 

[Kiki6]

oooh but I read about it and it said that this was due to a high humidity level or cold temperatures in the cage. I cant get humidity higher than 25%, the room is too dry. She has a 95f basking spot where she lays all day. There is a air conditioner in the same room though and my sister let it on, 24 celsius, every night. Also she has been eating more lately than she ever did and I don't hear any clicking when she breathes.

Could it be possible that she shows only 1 or 2 symptoms and not the rest of them?

I WILL that her to the vet if she is sick, I want her to be well, but I can't afford taking her if not :? I spent a lot of money on the X-rays of her fingers and on upgrading my turtle tank, plus University is restarting in 2 days; Im out of money :shock:

Could it possibly be something else? Again, Im not trying to avoid the possibility that she has a URI but I went waaaay too often to the vet just to be told that everything is fine. ( at least 3 to 4 times a year) Im always so anxious when something seems wrong :shock:

 

[MissT]

I'm also thinking URI. My beardie showed only the bubbles/saliva too when she had it.

 

[Kiki6]

I'm also thinking URI. My beardie showed only the bubbles/saliva too when she had it.

Would she do it like all the time or just now and then? cause Vortexe does it especially after I bathe her or get her out for more than 30min. Ive never seen her doing it while she was relax in her tank.

 

[MissT]

Some will do it all the time. Some will do it from time to time.

 

[herpgirl2510]

I would take her to a vet. I would also see if the meds she is taking for her feet could cause these symptoms.