sneezing question

[copper]

heya,

i thought i'd ask around if i should be worried about following:

pihka has always been quite the digger and digs around her terrarium almost everyday. lately she's been sneezing, not very much though but several times during the day. i'm quite positive that some of it might just be the dust that gets into her nostrils. it doesn't seem like there's discharge, at least not wet. but today i noticed the right nostril looks a bit odd, i don't know if it's crust or dust. i use aspen chips as bedding but currently there's also dry exo terra plantation soil (coconut husk) in her terrarium (leftovers from my leopard gecko's soil). the plantation soil has sunk to the bottom and it's dusty so i thought that might be part of the reason for sneezing.
i got worried and thought if the sneezing and the norstril are signs of respiratory infection.
ambient temperature in her terrarium is around 24.4ºC (75.920ºF) and basking spot 37.6ºC (99.680ºF), night time temperature is 23ºC (73.40ºF). she's eating properly and seems healthy otherwise.
should i take her to the vet?

edit: looking at the photos, i noticed there's a bit stuck shed around the nostril (she shed recently), could this also be a reason for the sneezing?
edit2: temperature typo corrected.

i took photos of the nostril and the plantasion soil in the bedding:

[Rhianimal]

Cute skink!

My skink is a very active digger and he does tend to sneeze the more he digs. He also gets dust along his mouth and nostrils. If it looks bad I wipe it away with a damp paper towel but he rarely seems fussed about it.

One thing I am noticing is that your basking spot is very cool, it's nearly what the cool side of the terrarium can be during daytime... that may not be a great thing. It's barely warmer than your ambient daytime temperature too. Unlikely that the sneezing relates to it in any way but you might want to look into getting that basking temperature a bit higher!

[tiliqua38]

Sneezing can be normal in BTS when they are crawling through aspen. If there is no discharge and everything looks bright and clear that's probably what it is.

I agree the basking spot is way too cool. I keep my basking spot at around 100 degrees, and I believe it should be between 95 and 100. The rest of your temps seem ok though.

[copper]

oh my bad, it's typo, the basking temperature is actually 37.6ºC (99.680ºF)

[tiliqua38]

Oh, ok. Good.