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Kyla
Hatchling

United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/02/2013 :  16:52:48  Show Profile  Visit Kyla's Homepage  Reply with Quote
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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Moppet
Fully Grown Corn

United Kingdom
3315 Posts

Posted - 03/02/2013 :  18:59:53  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
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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ScalySituation
Fully Grown Corn

United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/02/2013 :  19:30:57  Show Profile  Visit ScalySituation's Homepage  Click to see ScalySituation's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
My MBK has a few of these too, shes a happy healthy lass, well apart from not wanting her dinner tonight

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Kyla
Hatchling

United Kingdom
105 Posts

Posted - 03/02/2013 :  19:55:44  Show Profile  Visit Kyla's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Oh that's good. Thank you for the replies, I was slightly worried!

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eeji
The Morph Master

United Kingdom
4335 Posts

Posted - 03/02/2013 :  20:37:52  Show Profile  Visit eeji's Homepage  Reply with Quote
they look like damaged scales, it should sort itself out when she sheds


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Georgina
Fully Grown Corn

United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/02/2013 :  21:04:37  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Could she have got her head stuck in anything? X

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Kyla
Hatchling

United Kingdom
105 Posts

Posted - 04/02/2013 :  06:50:01  Show Profile  Visit Kyla's Homepage  Reply with Quote
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!

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eeji
The Morph Master

United Kingdom
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Posted - 04/02/2013 :  19:16:50  Show Profile  Visit eeji's Homepage  Reply with Quote
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.


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Kyla
Hatchling

United Kingdom
105 Posts

Posted - 04/02/2013 :  19:29:54  Show Profile  Visit Kyla's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Oh good, I'm glad it's normal. Thank you!

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Moppet
Fully Grown Corn

United Kingdom
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Posted - 04/02/2013 :  20:58:26  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
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.

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Kyla
Hatchling

United Kingdom
105 Posts

Posted - 05/02/2013 :  07:37:25  Show Profile  Visit Kyla's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Haha she sounds like a clumsy snake! Maybe Ghost is a bit more accident prone than I realised.

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smart bunny
Fully Grown Corn

United Kingdom
5091 Posts

Posted - 05/02/2013 :  17:52:38  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
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.




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Kyla
Hatchling

United Kingdom
105 Posts

Posted - 10/02/2013 :  08:52:33  Show Profile  Visit Kyla's Homepage  Reply with Quote
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?

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