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worried about a spot

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  • 07-24-2011, 01:33 PM
    thomasK
    worried about a spot
    Today I noticed a little brown spot on my BP's bottom of the neck.
    It kind of looks like a fragment of wood stuck under a underneath a scale but i'm really not sure, cause there is no increase in height where the spot is

    I will post a pic underneath, not the best but he is not really coöperative for belly pics :)

    Btw: it doesnt seem to bother him when i touch it...

    http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/4426/p1040024i.jpg

    What could this be?
  • 07-24-2011, 02:47 PM
    llovelace
    If it is a splinter you can remove it with a pait of pointy tweezers, you will need an extra set of hands.
  • 07-24-2011, 04:20 PM
    Cendalla
    Did you figure it out? Hope all went well.:)
  • 07-24-2011, 05:32 PM
    thomasK
    Re: worried about a spot
    if it is a splinter, i certainly can't reach it...
    perhaps a visit to the vet can clarify this??? But problem is, i am a student so i dont wanna waste money for nothing....

    whatr do you guys think?

    Edit: and it also doesn't look like a splinter, it looks more like the scale itself just browns out for 1/2 of a mm with a little dent in it at the lowest part of the scale...
    Like i told, the picture doesn't really tell what i see irl...
  • 07-24-2011, 05:39 PM
    Cendalla
    Can you get us more pictures? Maybe closer?
  • 07-24-2011, 05:46 PM
    thomasK
    Re: worried about a spot
    it's hard, like i told he really doesnt like to be held upside down, but i will try again in the morning!!!
  • 07-24-2011, 05:51 PM
    Cendalla
    Does it look irritated?
    Is it hard?
    Can you feel it or just see it?
    What substrate do you use?
    And last but not least- how long has it been there (sense you got him? 24 hours?)?

    -just trying to get a better idea.
  • 07-24-2011, 05:56 PM
    thomasK
    Re: worried about a spot
    same pic, resized...

    i really hope it is a splinter, but if it is i really cant reach it without, as far as i think, hurting him....

    http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/4964/32933798.jpg

    it doesn't look irritated, he doesnt move if i touch it, i cant feel it only see it
    I noticed it about 10 hours ago
    i use reptibark
    temps and humidity are fine
    he eats very good, its the first BP that eats FT with me so

    i really wouldnt know what it is
  • 07-24-2011, 06:04 PM
    Cendalla
    It doesn't look like its under the skin:weirdface

    It could be that it sheds off- or maybe its a scab from a scratch.

    I think my course of action would be to wait it out and see if it comes off/out with the shed. A vet trip for no reason could stress him when he doesn't need to be (and cost money). But thats me. You gotta do what you gotta do. Hopefully someone who has had this happen will chime in.
  • 07-24-2011, 06:04 PM
    llovelace
    Looks like a split scale to me.
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