CheshireGleam
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My ten year old bearded dragon is on my lap right now and he just coughed up what looks like saliva but obviously I'm not sure. He seems completely fine, before and after, but I'm worried. He's coughed before, very infrequently and not enough for me to be concerned. He has no health issues either and no mucus build up anywhere. I got him from my teacher over winter break of last year and was told he'd probably not make it till we got back so I was allowed to keep him. Ever since then, he's been an active, healthy and delightful dragon. I'll go over my setup and post a picture of it.
40 gallon breeder, minimal decorations (he's lazy and I had a bunch of climbing branches in there for him at one point but took them out because he was just hiding all the time with them in there and seemed generally uncomfortable)
34'' Reptisun 10.00 in a T5HO 34" standard reflector
Temperatures are checked with an infrared heat gun
Exo Terra Intense Basking Light Bulb 100 watt in a dome light with the basking temperature ranging from 100-110 degrees Fahrenheit
The middle of his tank is 80-86 degrees Fahrenheit while the coldest part is 75 degrees Fahrenheit
Substrate is tile and bricks that I got from Home Depot around Christmas
Calcium dusted food for three meals, Herptivite for one meal
Usually eats superworms and dubia roaches, trying to get him to eat his vegetables with some success so far
Was feeding him everyday as much as he wanted, now will be feeding him 3-4 times a week with a cut off period (for bugs)
He's seventeen inches long and 511 grams, hasn't eaten and just went to the bathroom.
He has no water dish in with him and he gets soaked at least once a week.
I recently found out I was feeding him too often, as in every day, so for about a week I didn't feed him because he's also a little overweight (posting a picture of him too, correct me if I'm wrong) but I fed him superworms and mustard greens last night (he won't eat greens on their own yet, still working on it). He went to the bathroom today and it looked normal. He hasn't been acting any different aside from being a little irritable since he's shedding. His lights are on 12-14 hours a day.
The pictures of him on the rainbow pillow are ones that I just took, he's laying there as I'm typing this and the other two are from last month but I still wanted to include them so his face is visible even though the pictures are kind of bad. His enclosure isn't the most involved, I know, and it's a little messy in there since he's due for a cleaning on Friday. Sorry about the picture quality, the only lights in my room are his!
Sorry too for this giant post, I wanted to put as much information as I could think of so a potential answer can be formed. Any questions, please ask, I want to do my best in making sure Sunny is okay. Thanks.
40 gallon breeder, minimal decorations (he's lazy and I had a bunch of climbing branches in there for him at one point but took them out because he was just hiding all the time with them in there and seemed generally uncomfortable)
34'' Reptisun 10.00 in a T5HO 34" standard reflector
Temperatures are checked with an infrared heat gun
Exo Terra Intense Basking Light Bulb 100 watt in a dome light with the basking temperature ranging from 100-110 degrees Fahrenheit
The middle of his tank is 80-86 degrees Fahrenheit while the coldest part is 75 degrees Fahrenheit
Substrate is tile and bricks that I got from Home Depot around Christmas
Calcium dusted food for three meals, Herptivite for one meal
Usually eats superworms and dubia roaches, trying to get him to eat his vegetables with some success so far
Was feeding him everyday as much as he wanted, now will be feeding him 3-4 times a week with a cut off period (for bugs)
He's seventeen inches long and 511 grams, hasn't eaten and just went to the bathroom.
He has no water dish in with him and he gets soaked at least once a week.
I recently found out I was feeding him too often, as in every day, so for about a week I didn't feed him because he's also a little overweight (posting a picture of him too, correct me if I'm wrong) but I fed him superworms and mustard greens last night (he won't eat greens on their own yet, still working on it). He went to the bathroom today and it looked normal. He hasn't been acting any different aside from being a little irritable since he's shedding. His lights are on 12-14 hours a day.
The pictures of him on the rainbow pillow are ones that I just took, he's laying there as I'm typing this and the other two are from last month but I still wanted to include them so his face is visible even though the pictures are kind of bad. His enclosure isn't the most involved, I know, and it's a little messy in there since he's due for a cleaning on Friday. Sorry about the picture quality, the only lights in my room are his!
Sorry too for this giant post, I wanted to put as much information as I could think of so a potential answer can be formed. Any questions, please ask, I want to do my best in making sure Sunny is okay. Thanks.
