What is THIS?

The pictures are bad but she has red marks on her (looks brown in the photos). Any idea what may have happened? Did she rub against her corkbark hide? The earliest I could get her to a vet would be Monday. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/SPJ01/052.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/SPJ01/048.jpg

from here it looks like a tic.

Does look like she rubbed against something...when was the last time she shed? Pink spots on my pied are really noticable at the very, very begining of a shed cycle (on the white parts, obviously)! :)

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Originally Posted by BILLB OKC

from here it looks like a tic.

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The black spot looks like a tic to me too.

Yeah, I was thinking tick myself. Have you had any new animals in your collection that might have been wild caught?

It a scale. She has 3 of them like that. They were there when she arrived.

If that's Cypress mulch you have her on, it's probably from that.

It can be either from the bedding rubbing off on her which stained her.

Did you try washing the spot.

Definitely try washing the areas before bringing to a vet. It's always frustrating for people when they bring their herps in because they got vitamin/ calcium powder, hard water deposits, or poop them. No one wants to pay an office fee to have the vet give their herp a bath. ;)

For some reason, I thought most pieds developed random dark scales in their white? Every one I've seen has them. You can see it in this high white pied from NERD:

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...obinpieds4.jpg

Yeah if its a scale it might be extra melanin. afterall pied is a leaky gene anyways. BP's get lighter and darker per scale as they age.

No idea on what it could be. How long have you had her? I would try putting her on newspaper or paper towels and see what it looks like after her next shed.

I think some people are looking at the black scale and others are looking at the smaller stippling in the white areas. Which are you concerned about?

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Originally Posted by CritterVet

I think some people are looking at the black scale and others are looking at the smaller stippling in the white areas. Which are you concerned about?

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Good point!

Hi,

I'm guessing it's the stippling.

There was someone on the captivebred forums with the same issue I think.

The general concensus seemed to be it was from the bedding. I would take the advice previously given by pfan151 and switch to newspaper and look at her again after the next shed.


dr del

They are not ticks. They are random black scales.
I was talking about what was on the dorsal area.
Albey was able to identify it. They sometimes get the red on the dorsal area before a shed.
These are the random scales.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/SPJ01/spots.jpg

He isnt asking about the black scale he is asking about the pinks spots.

I dont see anything though....i must be blind.

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Originally Posted by SPJ

They are not ticks. They are random black scales.
I was talking about what was on the dorsal area.
Albey was able to identify it. They sometimes get the red on the dorsal area before a shed.
These are the random scales.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/SPJ01/spots.jpg

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Albey was right. I have a Pied female going into shed right now, and she has the pink spots as well. If you watch Albinos closely before, during and after a shed you will see it there as well. Also, I see it very frequently on Hypos, but it isn't pink, but rather looks like a bruise (for lack of a btter word). Very nice Pied by the way.