PoohBearThePerilous
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Hey Everyone!
The other day, I was giving my bearded dragon, Pixie, a bath. She is 5 months old and whenever I give her a bath I will massage/pet her back and head. She really enjoys it and closes her eyes. For the first time I noticed she laid her head down while enjoying her head massage. I figured that she was just breathing through her nose since some of her mouth was submerged. However, I saw that her nostrils were submerged as well! She was probably like that for 20-30 seconds at the most!
I read all of these warnings of beardies drowning and it worried me. I mean, I was not holding her head down. At any moment she could have moved up for air. When I stopped petting her she kind of just looked at me like "Why did you stop" lol but is it possible that she inhaled a bit of water? If so, would the water filter out of her lungs on its own? Or is it going to cause some bronchitis thing?
Edit: I also wanted to add that she acts the same as she always does. Perky and aware and shows really no signs of injury.
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The other day, I was giving my bearded dragon, Pixie, a bath. She is 5 months old and whenever I give her a bath I will massage/pet her back and head. She really enjoys it and closes her eyes. For the first time I noticed she laid her head down while enjoying her head massage. I figured that she was just breathing through her nose since some of her mouth was submerged. However, I saw that her nostrils were submerged as well! She was probably like that for 20-30 seconds at the most!
I read all of these warnings of beardies drowning and it worried me. I mean, I was not holding her head down. At any moment she could have moved up for air. When I stopped petting her she kind of just looked at me like "Why did you stop" lol but is it possible that she inhaled a bit of water? If so, would the water filter out of her lungs on its own? Or is it going to cause some bronchitis thing?
Edit: I also wanted to add that she acts the same as she always does. Perky and aware and shows really no signs of injury.
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