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Sta~ple
qeeun speler
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 16/08/2010 : 11:49:32
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I'm not sure if he's caught a scale by going backwards or if it's because he has lost weight or not. Friday night the area was normal, Saturday morning it was damaged. It's like a dimpled in but also raised at the edges? I'm a bit of a worry nut, I'm not sure if it will heal fine on it's own or if to put him on some kitchen roll or not, it looks a bit pink as the edge of the scale but that's it really, it doesn't look like the area has been bleeding. Is their any signs I should look out for if it gets bad apart from it going green?
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mikerichards
don't say the 'M' word!
United Kingdom
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Posted - 16/08/2010 : 19:47:26
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Scale damage nearly always sheds out with no problems at all.
Its most likely he's caught it on something whilst trying to reverse, usually out of a hole that's either too small or a dead end!!
Don't worry about it though, damaged scales repair themselves, they are there to take the trauma of what happened, so the skin doesn't have to!
Incidentally, I had an mbk who has completely lost some scales, after about 6 months, and a good few sheds, they were back and shiney as ever! |
Location : Worthing, West Sussex
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Sta~ple
qeeun speler
United Kingdom
6129 Posts |
Posted - 16/08/2010 : 20:56:20
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| Thanks :) that's definitely some promising news then :) I think I know how he did it after talking to the boyfriend about it now. He likes to open his viv and touch him and he thinks he might have doe it while the snake was asleep on his mini table in his viv and the snake reversed quickly away from his hand after being woken up. |
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mikerichards
don't say the 'M' word!
United Kingdom
2901 Posts |
Posted - 17/08/2010 : 23:13:28
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| Yup that would do it! Its all normal stuff, any skin or scale damage repairs with a few sheds. |
Location : Worthing, West Sussex
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gingerpony
Queen Bee
United Kingdom
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Posted - 18/08/2010 : 09:30:07
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| the scale just looks lifted rather than presenting an open or infected wound so i'd just keep an eye on it |
cornsnakes, ratsnakes, bullsnakes, boas and day geckos
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Sta~ple
qeeun speler
United Kingdom
6129 Posts |
Posted - 21/08/2010 : 22:15:33
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| It's gone back done now :D It looks almost normal again except some substrate looks like it's got a bit stuck but I guess that will sort itself out. While trying to clean under it, he ended up doing backwards and peeled a bit of skin off another scale, the silly thing. |
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gingerpony
Queen Bee
United Kingdom
10455 Posts |
Posted - 23/08/2010 : 08:30:16
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they're too nosey for their own good lol
hope he learns eventually!  |
cornsnakes, ratsnakes, bullsnakes, boas and day geckos
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Scale damage?
