URI? hiccups?

[Gtxollie1]

The last couple of days I have seen Ember with her mouth open a little bit but is in her cool side. She seems slightly inflated too. I noticed that every 5 minutes or so she "hiccups". By hiccup i mean she opens her mouth wide and moves her head a little. Her temps are normal and everything and her diet hasnt changed so im a bit baffled on what is up. Im hoping shes just having a bad day or something. Everything stools wise is normal, behaviour is normal, diet is normal, temps are normal so i dont no what could be the cause if it was a uri. Her night time temps are normally around 24°c but there has been a cold snap in the uk so it may have been lower than normal. I have increased her ceramic to stay at 28°c + as i heard that can help stop the development. I am going to monitor her during her sleep for stuff like sleeping standing up and stuff. Thanks for any ideas. I will keep this updated.

 

[Gtxollie1]

Im about to go to bed and as of right now, ember is sleeping in a regular position, not upright or anything so this eases my mind knowing she isnt having difficulties breathing. I didnt mention earlier and im not sure if this helps but her colours are normal and are very bright, her beard is a very nice sunset orange with no darkness and her belly is mark free so this shows she isnt in discomfort or pain. Thanks.

 

[CooperDragon]

It sounds like everything else is normal so it's not likely something to worry about. Do you see signs of shedding? Sometimes they will stretch their mouth and beard to loosen shed. If you see this happen after meal times I equate it to a burp. It's possibly irritation along the mouth or throat but that would likely produce excess mucous. I'd just keep an eye on it for now and lacking any other signs of problem I wouldn't worry about it.