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Kyla Posted - 03/02/2013 : 16:52:48
So this is probably nothing, but today I got Ghost out to feed her and some of her scales near her head end look slightly weird.. I'm not entirely sure how to describe it so here's a photo:



What is this / What could have caused it?

Thanks in advance :)!
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Kyla Posted - 10/02/2013 : 08:52:33
They looked as though they were getting worse and starting to flake off and I'm worried her skin might be too dry. I placed her in a bath for around 10 minutes and provided her with a moss hide. Do you think this will help?
smart bunny Posted - 05/02/2013 : 17:52:38
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Originally posted by eeji

its just the natural 'roughing up' of the scales. The only way to prevent it is to use cotton wool substrate and a bubble wrap hide.
Kyla Posted - 05/02/2013 : 07:37:25
Haha she sounds like a clumsy snake! Maybe Ghost is a bit more accident prone than I realised.
Moppet Posted - 04/02/2013 : 20:58:26
At least she doesn't do it as much as my girl Kali, the scales on the back of her neck are bent very badly, almost scraped. Maybe I should pad everything in her viv haha, she's so accident prone! It's like she's tried to squeeze in somewhere and reversed out.
Kyla Posted - 04/02/2013 : 19:29:54
Oh good, I'm glad it's normal. Thank you!
eeji Posted - 04/02/2013 : 19:16:50
its just the natural 'roughing up' of the scales. The only way to prevent it is to use cotton wool substrate and a bubble wrap hide.
Kyla Posted - 04/02/2013 : 06:50:01
Hmm I don't think so! Ill have a check in her vivarium, she's got a log in there with some holes in so ill make sure none of those are big enough for her to stick her head in.

Thanks for the comments!
Georgina Posted - 03/02/2013 : 21:04:37
Could she have got her head stuck in anything? X
eeji Posted - 03/02/2013 : 20:37:52
they look like damaged scales, it should sort itself out when she sheds
Kyla Posted - 03/02/2013 : 19:55:44
Oh that's good. Thank you for the replies, I was slightly worried!
ScalySituation Posted - 03/02/2013 : 19:30:57
My MBK has a few of these too, shes a happy healthy lass, well apart from not wanting her dinner tonight
Moppet Posted - 03/02/2013 : 18:59:53
It looks pretty normal to me. Apollo has lots of scales like this. The folds aren't all in a straight line so it isn't likely to be fat folds or 'spare tyres' that they sometimes get.

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