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| marc_sg |
Posted - 26/09/2012 : 20:04:35
For a few weeks now i have noticed that simon has a white patch of scales on his back and i thought when he sheds it will go but he shed and its still there maybe even brighter than before heres a pic. please advice
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| Razee |
Posted - 26/09/2012 : 21:33:24
Hm - interesting. They look almost see through on the picture. |
| marc_sg |
Posted - 26/09/2012 : 20:47:35
They not flakey or anything. The scales themselves are perfectly normall. Just the colour has disappeared |
| Razee |
Posted - 26/09/2012 : 20:40:16
Marc, what do the scales themselves look like? Are any peeling, winkled? It's just I've read about a gene, which causes the snake to loose pigment in random patches, as it ages ( it was Bill and Katy Love book, again ). There was a time delay with the gene, so it didn't show for the first year or two. Unfortunately,the scales on the white bits were distorted.... then I read somewhere else that snakes can sometimes develop a random white patches, but usually when they get older.
Are you sure it can't be due to the snake damaging himself?
Anyway, hopefully someone experienced will know more.
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| marc_sg |
Posted - 26/09/2012 : 20:16:35
That pic makes it look like a scar but its not its flat and not bumpy at all it just looks like thr colour disappeared |
