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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by n/a[/i] [br]When Kratos last shed (approx 3 weeks ago) I noticed what I can best describe a 'smudge' in her markings on her upper surface, just where the tail starts. I didn't worry about it, I thought hey not everybody is perfect, it's fine. Fast forward to today, when it was time to clean her viv. I put her into a RUB while I cleaned her out, did my stuff and before putting her back in I had a little look over her. I noticed the smudge again and decided to have a better look so I shone a torch on the area and it seems it isn't a marking deficiency. There seems to be some scales missing and what I'm assuming to be bare flesh underneath (it has a pale pink/peachy colour). It looks to me (as an educated guess) that she may have rubbed herself while climbing over one of the cork hides in her viv. I did a closer check for mites/parasites and there are none visible. Over these 3 weeks she has fed as usual and behaved as usual - also she has been handled almost every day and didn't seem to be in any discomfort sliding through my fingers etc. For info the wound is approx 10mm long by 3 mm wide (overestimation if anything), and Kratos at her last shed was 25in long. Unfortunately after housekeeping time she isn't in a good mood so I cant get a picture of it for you, but I'll update with one ASAP. [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.