Bearded Dragon clicking noise?

[Jacob1289]

Hi everyone, whenever my bearded dragon eats, she starts making a clicking noise and slightly opens her mouth? What does this mean? My temps are all correct and I measure them everyday as well as feeding crickets no longer than the length in between the eyes.

 

[CooperDragon]

It could just be the sound of her tongue or mouth moving to process the food.

 

[Jacob1289]

It could just be the sound of her tongue or mouth moving to process the food.

Oh okay. Yeah it only happens when she eats. Her throat gets big like it's moving the food.

 

[CooperDragon]

Yeah probably just air pockets or sound of the movement. It's not something I'd be concerned with, especially if it's isolated to mealtime =).

 

[Jacob1289]

I just fed her a few wax worms and she did it again. Idk what it is. She used to not do this. She makes her neck huge and makes an air like sound breathing out and it sounds like a *puff*. This only happens when she eats though. And then she opens her mouth for 5 seconds like 5 times in a few minutes. Could this be because I took her out of the cage and she's regulating heat? I'm just kinda lost on what to do