Beardie Hiccups? PLEASE HELP!

[DjangoAndKeto247]

one of my beardies does this thing when I bathe her or give her water. She starts coughing or hacking like shes choking or hiccupping i dont know. she will whip her tail everytime just before she does it. Does ANYONE have any clue as to what is going on?

 

[Drache613]

Hello,

Does she start hiccuping/coughing in the bath or afterwards?
How deep is the water? She could be ingesting some water accidentally & that would be causing her to hiccup or cough because of that.
How many times has this happened?

Tracie

 

[DjangoAndKeto247]

She will cough/hiccup sometimes (but not very often) when I administer water orally. She will do the same thing when she drinks the water while I bathe her only it happens more rapidly and this time water came back up. Maybe shes drinking too fast? Well my other dragon drinks water the same way while bathing and has never done this once since I got them. I only keep the water a couple inches deep, just enough for them to stand in. There is a depth gradient due to the way a bath tub is made so they can shimmy around on that side to but no more then a few inches. Thanks so much for your help Tracie. Its funny that your the moderator on here. I just bought some organic blueberry liqued calcium from you recently and I was just about to write you regarding some other issues going on with Jane. Hope to here from you soon.
-Michael

 

[Drache613]

Hello Michael,

Great, you can pm me or email me with more questions or post on here, however you would like.
I hope she likes the blueberry calcium!
It sounds like she is drinking to quickly or maybe too much at one time. This happens frequently to them if they ingest too much water all at once.
Let me know how she is doing.

Tracie