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    Is this normal on my Ivorys head?

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    I'm talking about the purple spots on his head. Hes almost a year old and I don't recall him having them when I got him at a month old. Sometimes they appear more obvious?


    is this normal with the ivory morph?


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    Re: Is this normal on my Ivorys head?

    Apparently I am partially color blind according to my wife. But I assume you are referring to the darker spots in the center of his head? Looks normal to me a lot of white BP morphs get some coloring with age. Like BEL (Mojave) they get some greyish pattern on their back.

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    Re: Is this normal on my Ivorys head?

    Yep, normal for Ivory to develop that with age.

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    Re: Is this normal on my Ivorys head?

    Quote Originally Posted by Ogre View Post
    Apparently I am partially color blind according to my wife. But I assume you are referring to the darker spots in the center of his head? Looks normal to me a lot of white BP morphs get some coloring with age. Like BEL (Mojave) they get some greyish pattern on their back.

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    Yeah, he has the gray spots like normal, but referring to the purple/pink area around the nostrils and up in between them


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    Re: Is this normal on my Ivorys head?

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    Re: Is this normal on my Ivorys head?

    No, it's not normal, but probably not serious. If anything, ivory should get lighter with age. I've seen my ivories get pink around the nose like that when they've been rubbing at their tubs. Sometimes right after a shed (from trying to get the shed off), and occasionally when my male is restless during breeding season and he's been nosing too hard at the edges of the tub. It should go away on its own.

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    Re: Is this normal on my Ivorys head?

    Quote Originally Posted by greco View Post
    No, it's not normal, but probably not serious. If anything, ivory should get lighter with age. I've seen my ivories get pink around the nose like that when they've been rubbing at their tubs. Sometimes right after a shed (from trying to get the shed off), and occasionally when my male is restless during breeding season and he's been nosing too hard at the edges of the tub. It should go away on its own.

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    OK good. He is a wall nudger, so makes sense. Everything else on his is getting lighter.

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    Re: Is this normal on my Ivorys head?

    It seems to me that ivories have more delicate scales than normals and darker morphs. Or maybe it's just that the white scales make it so much more noticable when their skin turns pink from minor irritation.

    I've also noticed that they turn pink instead of blue, especially on the belly, when they're close to shedding. Only the eyes turn blue.

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