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Kyla
Hatchling
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 03/02/2013 : 16:52:48
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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
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| 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. |
2.4.0 Corn snakes
1.0.0 horse
0.1.0 Golden retriever
1.4.0 Guinea pigs |
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ScalySituation
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5292 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2013 : 19:30:57
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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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1.0.0 Butter motley corn (Sheldon)
0.1.0 Caramel Corn (Maggie)
0.1.0 Caramel motley corn (Echo)
1.0.0 Cat (Angus)
1 mealworm colony
RIP Skye x
Sleep well Sonny, Mummy loves you xx
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Kyla
Hatchling
United Kingdom
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eeji
The Morph Master
United Kingdom
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Georgina
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2382 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2013 : 21:04:37
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| Could she have got her head stuck in anything? X |
1.0 western hognose (hero)
1.0 phantom reverse pin dal brindle crested gecko (goyle)
0.2 red dal red harly (sprite) 99% full pin Harley crested gecko (TuLong)
0.0.3 miomantis paykullii
0.0.3 Bombina orientalis (oriental fire bellied toad)
0.3 fancy mice (snap, crackle and pop)
1.0 yorkshire terrier (jasper)
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Kyla
Hatchling
United Kingdom
105 Posts |
Posted - 04/02/2013 : 06:50:01
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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
4335 Posts |
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Kyla
Hatchling
United Kingdom
105 Posts |
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Moppet
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3315 Posts |
Posted - 04/02/2013 : 20:58:26
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| 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. |
2.4.0 Corn snakes
1.0.0 horse
0.1.0 Golden retriever
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Kyla
Hatchling
United Kingdom
105 Posts |
Posted - 05/02/2013 : 07:37:25
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| 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
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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.
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Kyla
Hatchling
United Kingdom
105 Posts |
Posted - 10/02/2013 : 08:52:33
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| 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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