Possible Respitory infection?? Help??

[BeardedBeings]

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

 

[CooperDragon]

That doesn't sound like RI at all. If he is active and alert that's a good sign. The mucous buildups tend to be pretty apparent. Thick and sometimes off colored mucous strings along their gums and when they open their mouths. What you describe sounds like pretty normal behavior to me.