White mouth.

alyssa2704 · Nov 17, 2023

Hello, I noticed Leo go away into hiding today which isn’t unusual after he’s been pretty active for the last week. I was going to feed him and noticed his mouth is really white?
I don’t know if i should be concerned about it but it really didn’t strike me as normal.
The only pictures I could get are from when I was feeding him so please excuse the half chomped up bug.
I’ve also noticed he lip smacks a lot which he never used to do and wondering if his teeth are bothering him. His teeth are quite yellow but the last time we saw a vet she said it’s not abnormal for a beardie his age (5 years old)
Please advise?

xp29 · Nov 17, 2023

Looks normal to me. The smacking when eating is normal also

alyssa2704 · Nov 17, 2023

xp29 said:
Looks normal to me. The smacking when eating is normal also

Thank you

His gums are usually a little more pink so it just worried me

AHBD · Nov 17, 2023

xp29 said:
Looks normal to me. The smacking when eating is normal also

Well when they were deciding what the common name for Pogona would be they almost went with white mouth lip smacker so there's that.

Drache613 · Nov 17, 2023

Hello,

Can you try to get more closeup pictures of the mouth? The mouth does look a little pale, but overall normal. Could be a little low in iron perhaps. Are you giving any B vitamins or minerals?

Tracie