I've been keeping an eye on my two year old super pastel lesser Basil, as for the last 3 weeks or so, I'll hear an occasional wheeze when handling. I know that some amount noises can be normal but it happens often enough to make me concerned.
He was wheezing a bit more when he was in shed, but just had a beautiful complete shed today and looks good, but I still heard a wheeze when I took him out. I've looked for bubbles in the mouth and have only seen a few tiny ones - not sure if that's normal or not.
I'm a little more concerned with what appears to be sudden weight loss - when I weighed him pre-shed he was 960g, but today was 840g. I haven't fed him his post-shed meal so I'm not sure how much of this weight difference is just being hungry but it seems quite drastic. His skin also seems a little slack, and I'm able to kind of pinch it together.
I've gone ahead and booked a vet appt. in a few days but I wanted to see what y'all thought about these potential symptoms.
Husbandry info: kept in a large Hefty tub, temps 90-94 warm side/76 ambient, humidity 80+% (very humid climate), ample hides.
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