BeardedBeings
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Hi, so I was letting my Bearded Dragon run around today and he gaped outside of his cage maybe 5 minutes after I took him out of his basking spout for like 6 seconds and stopped. He also did this around 5 minutes after seeing another male beardie and bobbing his head 2 days ago, but again only for a few seconds. He’s active, eating, alert, and just seems to be having a great time and loves to bask. Though I’ve listened and sat next to him, I have not heard any crackling, coughing, audible breathing, or wheezing. he doesn’t seem to be struggling to breathe at all, I haven’t seen any mucus around his nose and don’t think I see excess mucus in his mouth, but I’m not totally sure what excess mucus looks like in the first place tbh. I wasn’t sure if this was urgent or not so I just took it to the health section. Should I be really worried about this?? And if this is looking like an RI to you guys, how long until I can start to REALLY start seeing signs, like audible wheezing or clear lethargy (so that if that amount of time passes I can rest assured that he’s ok). Please help I’m very worried about this