Hello everyone
Chip has been doing very well recently. We moved to a new apartment, he's been eating whatever I give him like he's never eaten before (seriously, it's growth spurt time for sure) and he's adjusting well to the new space.
But this morning when I turned his lights on, and started getting ready for the day, something seemed off. He was immediately alert, almost a little panicked at first where he normally is very slow to wake up, stays in his bed for about an hour. He ran around for about ten minutes, and then he stopped, puffed up his chin the biggest I've ever seen (almost like an adult dragon, not the little ones I've seen him do before). I tried to brush it off as stretching, but then he opened his mouth and seemed to cough (it wasn't a hiss, I've heard him hiss at my dad's dog) once or twice, and then he went back to lay in his bed. I've also noticed that he has had a bit of a swollen belly recently. I'm trying not to panic too much (my mind immediately went to ADV as I got him from a not so great place) but he's never exhibited symptoms before this and he hadn't had any contact with other dragons since the store. Can someone please help ease my mind? Lol. I'm still probably going to get him to the vet, because that's on the to do list anyway, but I just want to make sure that I don't need to panic!
Thank you!
Chip has been doing very well recently. We moved to a new apartment, he's been eating whatever I give him like he's never eaten before (seriously, it's growth spurt time for sure) and he's adjusting well to the new space.
But this morning when I turned his lights on, and started getting ready for the day, something seemed off. He was immediately alert, almost a little panicked at first where he normally is very slow to wake up, stays in his bed for about an hour. He ran around for about ten minutes, and then he stopped, puffed up his chin the biggest I've ever seen (almost like an adult dragon, not the little ones I've seen him do before). I tried to brush it off as stretching, but then he opened his mouth and seemed to cough (it wasn't a hiss, I've heard him hiss at my dad's dog) once or twice, and then he went back to lay in his bed. I've also noticed that he has had a bit of a swollen belly recently. I'm trying not to panic too much (my mind immediately went to ADV as I got him from a not so great place) but he's never exhibited symptoms before this and he hadn't had any contact with other dragons since the store. Can someone please help ease my mind? Lol. I'm still probably going to get him to the vet, because that's on the to do list anyway, but I just want to make sure that I don't need to panic!
Thank you!