I was wondering if anyone here could tell me what this might be (video link): http://s298.photobucket.com/albums/mm278/bx-me/?action=view¤t=MVI_0542.mp4
He's done it before, but it's been pretty much incessant today. Looks like he's about to gape, but he also arches his tongue out, then he shuts his mouth and swallows. In this video he may be actually gaping from heat as well, but he had done it earlier today, at which time I discovered his temps were too low.. still the same pattern.
A little background:
After our recent MVB lighting problems (posted in the Megaray thread), Leo finally started to eat a little by himself (not much, but at least he ate his favorite superworms by himself for the first time in weeks), as recently as the other day. But he's been seemingly getting weaker at the same time, not moving much anymore, and when moving, it's more like he's pulling himself along... I thought he was just still too fat and lazy, but today he's also doing a lot of this strange "gulping". I became worried and checked his temps, and to my shock, the basking spot was at around 98, which I attribute to the newly replaced Powersun. I raised his platform a bit, and got the temps up to about 108, as I was thinking it may have been respiratory, and fed him a few cranberries. However, he continued to do this and eventually threw up a pink mess, which I really hope is just cranberries... I freaked out and rushed to the only 24hr emergency clinic in the neighborhood, but they are only cat and dog... got back home, he seems a little calmer, but I am not.. sure hope it's not serious!
He's done it before, but it's been pretty much incessant today. Looks like he's about to gape, but he also arches his tongue out, then he shuts his mouth and swallows. In this video he may be actually gaping from heat as well, but he had done it earlier today, at which time I discovered his temps were too low.. still the same pattern.
A little background:
After our recent MVB lighting problems (posted in the Megaray thread), Leo finally started to eat a little by himself (not much, but at least he ate his favorite superworms by himself for the first time in weeks), as recently as the other day. But he's been seemingly getting weaker at the same time, not moving much anymore, and when moving, it's more like he's pulling himself along... I thought he was just still too fat and lazy, but today he's also doing a lot of this strange "gulping". I became worried and checked his temps, and to my shock, the basking spot was at around 98, which I attribute to the newly replaced Powersun. I raised his platform a bit, and got the temps up to about 108, as I was thinking it may have been respiratory, and fed him a few cranberries. However, he continued to do this and eventually threw up a pink mess, which I really hope is just cranberries... I freaked out and rushed to the only 24hr emergency clinic in the neighborhood, but they are only cat and dog... got back home, he seems a little calmer, but I am not.. sure hope it's not serious!