Jaw misalignment?
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2013 2:45 pm
Hey all, Peperonie just had a bizarre episode and I was hoping someone's had experience with similar things. I happened to look into the enclosure and Pep's lower jaw was skewed to the left and back (it's not a feed day so I don't know how it happened?), and lizard was licking through the gap in obvious discomfort.
I pulled the skink out of the enclosure and got him to open his mouth and it seemed to go away, but it took a bit longer for the jaw to move forward to the correct position again. Peperonie seems fine right now - this all took about 5 minutes.
This hasn't happened before. It isn't normal, right? Should I just keep an eye out for similar behaviors, or follow-up on it?
I pulled the skink out of the enclosure and got him to open his mouth and it seemed to go away, but it took a bit longer for the jaw to move forward to the correct position again. Peperonie seems fine right now - this all took about 5 minutes.
This hasn't happened before. It isn't normal, right? Should I just keep an eye out for similar behaviors, or follow-up on it?