I first noticed that something was wrong when she started stargazing. A few nights ago I noticed her stretching her jaw and I figured she might just be yawning. This morning she did it again, and there is no doubt in my mind she was stargazing.

She squirms a lot when I hold her, so I can't get a good view, but after ten minutes of careful inspection, she seems to have a mucous buildup around her mouth.

I saw black dots around her face. Could be mites, but they weren't moving and they were black, not brownish red like I've heard. When my babies are concerned, I have been known to see things or overreact, so this may be nothing.

Her enclosure is clean, the humidity around a constant 50%. Her heat pad is under the warm hide, and is on a rheostat. It's usually 90-95*, but someone turned it up last night without me knowing, and she spent the night in the cold hide, which is at 75-80*. She usually has a bowl of clean water available, but I recently took it out, if she really does have mites.



I am no doubt going to take her to a vet, but I may not be able to until this weekend or next week. In the meanwhile, is there anything I can do?