wilsonc
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My BTS has done this twice. A little under a week ago I took him out of his cage and he sneezed out a bunch of mucus. I cleaned out his cage and made his temperatures much higher. On his basking rock, it gets to like 110. He eats and poops and since I added UV he has been more active than ever. He really doesn't seem sick. But I got him out today and he sneezed up mucus again, although it was significantly less, I am still concerned. Obviously I immediately thought it was a respiratory infection, but I feel like he would act more sick if he was actually sick. He isn't sneezing often or breathing heavy, he just has clear, runny mucus that he sneezes up. It is unlikely that it is parasites because he resides in a large metal wire cage, 4x2 feet. I read that they sneeze because they burrow and need to clear their throats, but I have never actually seen mucus come out before a week ago. It only seems to happen when I hold him. His diet consists of dog/cat food and salads sometimes, although they aren't his favorite and he rarely eats half. Am I over reacting or under-reacting? Has anyone experienced this before?
