Have you ever seen this before???

[Purrrfect9]

that's really neat heather! As long as they seem to not hurt her and she continues to eat and gain weight i guess she should be fine? When you helped her shed around that area, did you notice if you pulled off some extra scales? I would imagine that the dermal area on the mouth would be thinner than the rest of the body, which would possibly explain the pits that she has now? Or genetic deformation. Other than that,I have no idea except blarg....

[LadyOhh]

Other than that,I have no idea except blarg....

Blarg indeed.

It's a noodle scratcher, that's for sure...

[West Coast Jungle]

Dont GTP's have pits on the bottom of jaw? Maybe its something freaky thats similar to that.

My first thought was that she may have bit the bottom jaw with the top one some how?

Definately wierd stuff there

[SUPERBALLS]

so i have a female pastel that i just found about a week ago to hace the exact markings on her bottom jaw, this is interesting cause i thought that it was a rat bite, i will post pics soon as i find my camera, but im telling you they are identicle

[mooingtricycle]

so i have a female pastel that i just found about a week ago to hace the exact markings on her bottom jaw, this is interesting cause i thought that it was a rat bite, i will post pics soon as i find my camera, but im telling you they are identicle

definitely post pics!!

Muddoc, you too! Post some pics!!

This is really interesting!

[AaronP]

Wow Heather you got me looking for it on my BPs now.

[Eric Sandoval]

Heather,
I've seen this more then a few times. Like someone else mentioned usually in younger animals. Not sure what it is, I've never really payed much attention to it.

Eric

[jere000]

birth defect my only answer

[SnakeDoc]

Blarg indeed.

It's a noodle scratcher, that's for sure...

Heather did you ever figure out what the extra heat pits may be? Well for some reason I looked at my Mojave pair (2008) and a 08 Yellowbelly and so far all 3 have these funky holes....

I don't think they are possible issues from the newspaper that I use for bedding. I use to use white mat paper from my printing company then for some reason I don't know why I started using newspaper and saved the white for my albinos. I do know that they all seem very sensitive in this area like they are actually holes and are painful. I am going to e-mail Ralph at RDR to see what he thinks it they are.

Jay

[Kysenia]

Any Chance she snuck out and got some piercings when you weren't looking? lol.... Looks like a teenager pierced ear design....