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    HELP Please - Possible Scale Rot / Extened shed period

    I will post pictures i a few minutes, i need to create a photobucket account quick

    My bp has looked like she is going to shed for longer than two weeks now. Cycled through the dull, blue eyes, then cleared up, then back to dull and dry and blue/slightly opaque eyes. She has been bathing herself non stop for nearly the whole shed ).
    Now her top half looks normal/somewhat dull, her head is completely dried out with film over her eyes, and the bottom half of her body looks shiny and it is "sticky," not wet sticky but graps to my skin. She also looks somewhat brownish/red in place but nothing extreme, a smoot transistion into the brown/red. There is also some visible black blotches, around where her black pattern is but its out of the ordinary. It still just doesnt look like she shed at all. No breaks in the scaling.

    Humidity has been fine the whole time, tub was recently cleaned. She has pooped too during this time, don't know if that's relevant.

    What's going on??? And how should I proceed?

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    Without a photo there's no way to know. But one time my BP had a bad shed and Zoo Med Repti-Shedding Aid helped a lot.

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    I can get better photos if needed, I just wanted to get this out there.

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    First off I apologize for all of the spelling errors (even in the Title?!?) I was in a hurry on my mobile. Also those pictures don't help at all, sorry again.

    So my main reason for concern: The darker brown areas and general brown on her belly, the time it has taken her to shed, and the feel of her scales on the underside - saran wrap-type feel to it.

    I have upped the humidity and am currently letting her sit in a soaked pillow case.

    She isn't giving off a bad smell, but her belly is a light brown and the scales along the edges of her belly are distinctly more brown.

    Since she has been soaking constantly I think she has mites, there are "spots" on her but I can't tell if they are just her pattern. Nothing floating in the water bowl, which is cleaned regularly.

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    Can you post pictures of the actual belly? There's nothing wrong with her back or sides except she looks like she could probably use a shed, but scale rot is usually on the belly so we can't really help without a picture of that area.
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    Re: HELP Please - Possible Scale Rot / Extened shed period

    Quote Originally Posted by Tipsy Llama View Post
    First off I apologize for all of the spelling errors (even in the Title?!?) I was in a hurry on my mobile. Also those pictures don't help at all, sorry again.
    This isn't a community of professional photographers or grammar whores, this is a community of reptiles. There's really no need to be apologising for that.

    I am sorry I cannot offer my opinion, but I am not really an expert. I just wanted to pop in and say that.

    I hope your ball is in good health.
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