please help asap! my beardie i think is choking!!

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i got home from work, and saw he was wedged between two of the rocks. his tail was DARK black and his beard was black. never seen him black. he keeps gasping it looks like and opening his mouth really wide and making a wierd noise.


help! what do i do?

 

[lindawaz]

I don't know but I just wanted you to know that someone was reading. Is he still stuck between the rocks? if so get him out of there and see if it helps calm him down.

Substrate what is yours?
Did you leave food in there that could be too big?

Hopefully someone will have some answers for you but if you can please answer the questions since they will probably want to know too ;(

 

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He is out of the rocks. I gently massaged under his neck and he has seemed to calm down some but is still gasping every 1-2 minutes. He is free fed greens FINELY chopped, and repti-carpet is the substrate.

 

[lindawaz]

gasping or gaping?

does he have a water bowl and could have inhaled some?

 

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gasping but his mouth was fully extending.. He does have a shallow water bowl that he does know how to drink out of.


He has stopped for now, and is back to breathing normal. I don't know if it was me massaging his throat or the warm bath.. but I'd like to know how to prevent this from happening again..

 

[lindawaz]

Don't know what caused it but most of the owners don't keep water in the Vivs. It can breed Bacteria, they poo in it then drink.
I would remove the water bowl.

When my dog had pups she stopped birthing and rushed her to the Vet-they gave her a shot and she started again. Don't know how but one of the pups had fluid in his lungs. I watched the Vet guard the pups head and neck and spine between his hands. I then watched him put the pup outstretched even with his waist then swing the pup downward to a little past but between his knees legs were spread. He said gravity will do the trick just need to protect from anything being jarred in the swing.

Elliot my beardie in the tub stuck his head under don't know what he did for that split second but was opening his mouth really wide kind of bug eyed looking.

I did what the vet did to that pup and a itty bit of water came out his mouth. He was fine after.
I do not know if this is recommend, or I got very lucky. see what other people say on this before doing it