I was watching my beardie while she was basking and saw her do something kind of strange-
she puffed her beard up in and out rapidly about 4 times, once per second, then inflated herself like they do in water for another four seconds. she then deflated and kept her beard out for another four seconds. (end weird phase) then she held her mouth open while basking. She didn't seem to be reacting to anything or to be upset, it kind of just looked like she was stretching.
its normal the weird puffing the beard out behaviour is probably just yawning and the other is called gaping it helps to regulate their body temperature.
its normal the weird puffing the beard out behavior is probably just yawning and the other is called gaping it helps to regulate their body temperature.
When they puff out like that they may be stretching out their skin getting ready for a shed.
My youngest is just hitting his next shed cycle and has been puffing out his abdomen a lot more, the location that is next in the cycle