Natural colour or yellow fungus?

[khaylizardlady]

Hello!

This is our second bearded dragon and im still learning so much about these guys. I noticed our buddy going through a shed (you can see his head and chin are very pale) and all of a sudden noticed how yellow his beard/under belly looks. When I googled this there is so so much about hello fungus. Naturally, I have concern except that it looks like it has a pattern to it which I feel a fungus would not? What do you think?

 

[Shard]

I'd wait for an expert's opinion, but my beardie has a similar thing on her beard & shoulders! When I looked into it I found yellow fungus is typically crusty and patternless, so it looks like it might just be a marking for him!

Also I want you to know his belly spells "Hi" :]

 

[khaylizardlady]

I'd wait for an expert's opinion, but my beardie has a similar thing on her beard & shoulders! When I looked into it I found yellow fungus is typically crusty and patternless, so it looks like it might just be a marking for him!

Also I want you to know his belly spells "Hi" :] View attachment 87131

yes my thinking too! Going to keep an eye on it and see how it looks after this shed. He's also on Baytril for respiratory issues. You are so clever, it does say hi! haha Can you show me photo of your beardy?

 

[hdochow]

that looks like normal coloring to me. yellow fungus is pretty rare

 

[AHBD]

Definitely natural color. I've had beardies of many shades of yellow to red. Some of them were tri color with red/yellow/orange. Here's a pic of one of my boy's yellow bellies.

 

[Shard]

Can you show me photo of your beardy?

Here she is! Her yellowing is less uniform but also seems like a coloration.

 

[khaylizardlady]

Definitely natural color. I've had beardies of many shades of yellow to red. Some of them were tri color with red/yellow/orange. Here's a pic of one of my boy's yellow bellies.

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oh wow! It just seems so off from all of his other colours haha what colour is this babies back?

 

[khaylizardlady]

Here she is! Her yellowing is less uniform but also seems like a coloration.

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our babies look so similar!

 

[Shard]

oh wow! It just seems so off from all of his other colours haha what colour is this babies back?

It's hard to pin down what color she'd be considered Early on she looked more like a creamsicle, but now there's patches of reddish orange, cream, and even blue. Sometimes she looks like a dull brown, but when she's active or eating she lights up in a fiery blaze. Back when I rescued her I thought she was a standard due to the awful lighting lol

edit: lol mixed up the posts

 

[AHBD]

oh wow! It just seems so off from all of his other colours haha what colour is this babies back?

 

[khaylizardlady]

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what a beauty! he's much more citrus than my fella!

 

[Hazel_Basil10]

What a gorgeous beardie! Mine has a slight tint of orange in her beard so it's just his natural coloring

 

[Xjrosie]

My guy, Thor, turns yellowish when he's working toward shedding. Most tend to turn whitish, but not all. He's normally whitish with tan and orange, but his shed is yellowish and medium brown