As a responsible beardie pet owner, you must understand all the possible behaviors associated with bearded dragons; it is crucial. Being in a position to understand and interpret every doing in your pet will help you to know when it is having a problem.
Bearded dragons opening their mouths is one of the behaviors you will notice and is most common. You will want to know why your dragon is opening its mouth and how you should react. So, a beardie can open its mouth for different reasons, some are serious and others normal. Mouth opening as the name suggests is when the beardie sits with its mouth wide open. We are going to see the root cause of this behavior shortly. The following are the significant reasons why bearded dragons keep their mouth open.
Keep reading, and you will be glad you read them. If the body temperature reaches its optimum or ideal level, the beardie will want to dissipate the additional body heat, and it is also the same with humans.
As humans, we have sweat glands, and through sweating, we regulate the internal body temperature. New to bearded dragon? Check out the bearded dragon care sheet now! We had listed out all the things you need to know about bearded dragons as pets.
Check it now! Bearded dragons, on the other hand, lack sweat glands; instead, they open their mouth similarly to dogs as they pant to cool the body and prevent it from getting hotter. More often, a beardie opening its mouth means it is cooling itself. Because there are many reasons for the beardies to open their mouth, you may be wondering how to know when it is regulating temperature.
Here is how. This one is super easy, and you will notice it at a glance. During this time, the dragon is resting under or above a heat source with its mouth open. It means that your pet is just taking a moment to cool off. Be happy if this behavior frequently occurs because it means that you are keeping your pet at its ideal temperature, and kudos to you.
When you spend more time sleeping or resting, you will want to stretch the muscles to make them flexible and keep moving. The same applies to the bearded dragons; they need to stretch their muscles after being inactive for a while to stay safe.
If you have two or more Bearded Dragons in the same tank then it can cause a lot of problems. Bearded Dragons prefer to be alone and sharing their living space with another Dragon often results in a quest for power. One of the Dragons will usually try and become dominant over the other one and opening the mouth in an aggressive way to show how mean and tough they are is common. If you have two Bearded Dragons housed together and you see this happening then you really need to split them up as soon as possible.
The less dominant one can end up getting very stressed, losing their appetite and even not being allowed to bask by the more dominant Dragon. Sometimes you could even need to split them up into different rooms because if they can still see each other then the fight for dominance can carry on.
It can also be quite common that if you have other pets in your home such as cats or dogs that your Bearded Dragon can become aggressive towards them. Usually, if a Bearded Dragon is uncomfortable with a larger pet in the home they will be frightened or intimidated but some Dragons can actually become aggressive too.
On the other hand, if this behaviour is happening every time your pet is in the room then you might want to think about taking some action as the constant stress levels can be too high in this situation. There are really only two things that you can do , the first is to stop your pet coming into the room that your Bearded Dragon is in.
This can often be hard, especially if your Bearded Dragon is in the main family room such as the living room. The other thing you can do is to move your Dragon to another room in the house that your pet is less likely to go in. This can also sometimes be hard depending on the size of the tank and if you can fit it in another room.
You will have to do what is best for you and your pets. The main thing is that they are both happy and safe. Usually, you will also notice hissing or other behaviours that we talked about earlier. New ornaments and such can also be something that your Dragon can find threatening. Placing your tank near the window can be wonderful for your Bearded Dragon. They can get so much stimulation from the outside world.
Things like seeing the clouds move and seeing the trees rustle in the wind can help emulate their natural habitat. Depending on where you live it can also be a scary place and you can often see your Dragon getting aggressive towards whatever it is seeing on the outside of the window.
Animals like cats and birds can cause your Dragon to feel threatened and then they can aggressively open their mouth. There are certain times of the year when your Dragons hormones will be raging and they can get aggressive. They can keep their mouth open in an aggressive manner for what seems to be no apparent reason. Sometimes if you try and handle them they can even try and get aggressive with you the owner.
They will often become very territorial and become aggressive when people or pets get come anywhere near their tank. This is just natural behaviour and there is little that you can do about this. The good news is that once the hormones have settled then everything should be back to normal. If the humidity is high in the enclosure, add more ventilation. If the humidity in your house is too high, and no other methods work, buy a dehumidifier to place in the room with your bearded dragon.
Watch for mucus in or around the mouth and nose, labored breathing, wheezing, or crackling with each breath. Sick dragons may become lethargic and lose appetite. For bearded dragons left untreated, fluid will build up in the lungs, eventually suffocating the lizard. So, why do bearded dragons open their mouths?
Gaping is a good sign when it comes to basking, and they stretch their beards just to, uh, creep us out? But sometimes it can be a sign of stress, defensiveness, or—worse yet—severe illness.
Since I receive many comments and emails from bearded dragon owners that tell me that their bearded dragon is refusing to eat greens, I decided to help with this issue. What most bearded dragon owners do not know is that a bearded dragon that does not eat greens might be sick or is on the best way to getting sick. Bearded dragons are omnivores, which means that they eat anything they can find in the wild.
The problem that most bearded dragons are picky when it comes to food only arouses due to bad husbandry. After going through the steps outlined in the ebook I will personally check on you and your beardie via email and will support you if needed. I am Pierre. I own bearded dragons and many other reptiles for a very long time. I know from experience that it can be very hard to find the right information about a specific reptile, since there is so much misinformation out there.
To help other people to have the best time with their reptiles. Maybe your beardie suffers from impaction. I am pretty sure that your vet can solve this problem easily at low costs. My bearded dragon is opening her mouth and closing it alot lately. She has Not been eating much, but she did just shed. Your beardie stretches to get rid of the old skin. Not eating much, could also be, because your beardie was shedding. Could be that your bearded dragon is hissing or something similar, however, it could also be a health issue.
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