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Author Topic: Slightly Open mouth  (Read 744 times)
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goodsmeagol
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« on: April 23, 2009, 08:56:51 PM »

Below are 2 pictures.
I moved my dragon (16months) into a large enclosure a week ago.
Since then she has been(see below pictures) Opening her mouth just slightly,
When she crawls into a corner/a hide she closes the mouth tight.
Any ideas?

Temps, 110high bask, 100 bask offered, gradient to 78o
I use MVB at 22" hight(120watt)
She chooses the 100 spot most often.
In the wide picture, the tile she is on, is the 100o(+/-3)

Any suggestions as to WHY or what I need to do.
I will post pics later tonight of her cage if I manage.
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goodsmeagol
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« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2009, 09:22:52 PM »

I am familiar with the gaping to cool down. My girl Isis used to do this, on occasion, but she would OPEN her mouth.
I am/was scared she might have a case of RI or something. (I hear no wheezing, no foam...)
So I guess maybe the temps are just a little higher then they used to be...
In general, they are about 5 dgrees higher in the basking spots. (I did not buy a thermostat... and was unhappy with my temps in her old cage. I wanted HOTTER, maybe she did not agree.
I raised them because she was only giving me a stool sample every 5-6 days. I wanted one every otherday, or atleast more frequent.
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« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2009, 09:46:37 PM »

Mandarin has his slightly open as well. But his jaw line is lined up so from what i was told i can rule out MBD. I'm not sure about this but maybe someone can correct me, could it possible be this since the bottom jaw dips a bit. I'm worried now about Mandarin now as well, its open a little bit though, no foam or wheezing either.
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