Bearded Dragon sick after power outage from Hurricane Irma

[SmolBai]

My Bearded Dragon was without lights for over an entire day due to power outages. She missed her entire 12 hour light cycle, and now she is starting to show a symptom I can only link to Metabolic Bone Disease. When she opens her mouth to eat or breathe her jaw makes a strange popping noise, it sounds like it may be popping out of place due to misalignment. Her mouth was also slightly bending while eating which never typically happens. Does this sound like the beginning of MBD or something else?

 

[EllenD]

It may be MBD, but that would not occur from being without lights for 12 hours, she would have had to be without proper UVB light, temps, and calcium supplements for a long time for MBD to set in. So either it's a coincidence that her symptoms started just after the lights were out for 12 hours, or something else is amiss, or both. A healthy beardie can go without a UVB light for a week or two without any issues developing. Being without lights for a day may only cause some digestive issues from not being at a high enough temperature to properly digest food.

I'd post pics of her, her entire enclosure and lighting, and then list your UVB and basking light types, the UVB age, distance from her basking spot, and if it's mounted inside her enclosure or on top of a mesh lid. Also list her basking spot, hot side, and cool side temperatures, and her daily diet and supplementing schedule.

 

[kingofnobbys]

More likely the ultra high humidity has caused a RI , and stress (of hearing the roar of the winds and constant thunder).