Mouth Open

[xFLEAxx]

My bearded dragon is on the brance where he basks under the light and he is staring up at the light with his eyes closed and his mouth is open about 2cm. Is this normal? And no he is not dead.

 

[kafiltafiisch]

yeah hes just regulating heat its a good thing

 

[xFLEAxx]

okay thanks alot.

 

[andyjs]

Yep, kind of like a dog panting. He's releasing excess heat through his mouth. Mine does it on occasion

 

[xFLEAxx]

so if he does this it means that i am heating the tank properly??

 

[Vicious_Fish]

I think you're fine as long as you have a cooler end to the tank for it to retreat to if it gets really hot.

 

[rmorse]

Its called Gaping

 

[coura]

Maybe your using a to potent ligth for your dragon. I find interesting that iguanas sometimes have to learn how to cool of and sometimes overhead and dont move. Maybe thats the case with dragons also. Make shure to fix that

 

[rmorse]

What is the temp at your basking spot?

 

[dzb912]

how many watts is your bulb?
and it would be a bit better to ask all your questions on the same bearded dragon thread