breathing

[Bwalter]

I have a beardie who will be 7 this next month. I have had him since he was 6 weeks old. I have him in a 4x2x2 custom tank, he has his basking at 99 degrees. He has the Arcadia 12% UVB, will be changing it out this weekend, due next month. He has shelf liner in his tank. He gets live food 3 times a week with calcium and greens everyday. I moved to Missouri last year and since the humidity is high here I have a dehumidifier next to the tanks and keep it about 35-40%. He has had a few RI's before, so a few months ago he seems to be breathing in through his nose and out his mouth. I took him twice now, but no RI. Now I noticed his beard is not black, but brown around the edges. I will be calling the vet to take him in this week. Has anyone else had a beardie that breaths like this? I am wondering if I should have them do blood work or x-ray. I could do both if needed. Maybe I am looking for questions to ask the vet. Maybe something I haven't thought of. Hoping someone else has had this problem and could give me some insight as to what is going on.

 

[KarrieRee]

I have a beardie who will be 7 this next month. I have had him since he was 6 weeks old. I have him in a 4x2x2 custom tank, he has his basking at 99 degrees. He has the Arcadia 12% UVB, will be changing it out this weekend, due next month. He has shelf liner in his tank. He gets live food 3 times a week with calcium and greens everyday. I moved to Missouri last year and since the humidity is high here I have a dehumidifier next to the tanks and keep it about 35-40%. He has had a few RI's before, so a few months ago he seems to be breathing in through his nose and out his mouth. I took him twice now, but no RI. Now I noticed his beard is not black, but brown around the edges. I will be calling the vet to take him in this week. Has anyone else had a beardie that breaths like this? I am wondering if I should have them do blood work or x-ray. I could do both if needed. Maybe I am looking for questions to ask the vet. Maybe something I haven't thought of. Hoping someone else has had this problem and could give me some insight as to what is going on.

Please post a pic of the dragon breathing - does he does this only under the basking light? How are you getting the humidity level? Analogs are inaccurate

 

[Bwalter]

I took him to the vet, one nostril was plugged which they got it back open, x-ray showed nothing, best guess he is a mouth breather, no RI , nothing