Yellow upper gum.

[peach88]

Hi Rex is 13 month old male and I have noticed he keep gaping a lot and when I looked in his mouth I noticed his upper gum is yellow and looks a little like off cheese lol and I can see his veins. The rest of his mouth looks pink and he has not puffed his beard out or opened his mouth really wide like he would sometime I am wondering if it is sore.
He has clear salvia around the side of his mouth but only sometimes it appears and I smelt his breath and I can't smell anything.
His eating bugs and veg as normal and poops but a large amount at once.

Rex is in a four foot tank temps are 105 and cold end is 85.

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Rex is really tired by the afternoon I am doing the twelve hour off and on at 7. But his laying down ready to sleep by 5pm. When I put the lights on in the morning at 7am his still a sleep and takes him half hour to come round and sit his head up I sometimes put lights out at half 6 and put them on slightly later because I feel sorry for him being tired and he still wants to lay down at 5pm. I live in London and we are having a bad summer so I don't know if his confused about the seasons if it's true what I have read about brumation.
I am a first time bearded dragon owner so I want the best for my little bubba. Would love some advice from someone with ideas. I have rang vet waiting for a call back to see if he needs check up I only took him a month ago and he gave him the all clear apart from some worm eggs in poop which has been sorted. Sorry for long story
Sam

 

[5280dragonluvr]

I have a 16 month old beardie that is wild caught and his upper gum is very yellow as well.
Wasn't sure if it was just because he is wild?

 

[LadyMeridius]

The yellow in the gums - does it look like someone who just ate a lot of stuff and really needs to brush his teeth?

 

[5280dragonluvr]

No, honestly, it's a vibrant almost canary yellow. We first saw it when we got him.

 

[LadyMeridius]

Not sure then. Next time there is a vet visit, I would ask the vet to take a look at it. There are some gum issues beardies are prone to, but maybe its some (dis)coloration?

 

[5280dragonluvr]

I think that's a good idea. I'd also like to rephrase. It is not really the gums, more the roof of his mouth.
It's very pretty.

 

[peach88]

I dont think he is wild caught i took him from someone that dis not want him anymore and i didnot get much imformation about him. His teeth are ok and he is eating normal but rex always eats well even when he had a bad case of worms he still ate lol.
It is just the root of his mouth that is yellow like gone off cheese looking lol but does not smell to be mouth rot. He is gagging as if his going to be sick but then will just stop and gaping alot.
Any ideas about the tiredness from my 1st post is anyone else beardie like mine and do u think that his just lazy lol.
Sam

 

[peach88]

Update on Rex I spoke to vet who says It can be normal for a dragon to have a yellow root mouth but advises I do a blood test just to be sure it's not to do with his organs but is unlikely because he is still eating. I am a little frightened for him.