Funky Thyroid?

[Vilenica]

Has anyone ever seen single scale shedding in snakes? I talked with Greg G. a few years ago about and he wasn't familiar with it. My LTC BP girl did this at age 2, 3, and 5 and hasn't in about 6 years. The sheds seemed to contain more melanin than normal sheds. Any info/feedback on the subject would be appreciated.

anomally occurred with 80-90 hotspot, 72-80 ambient, 55-70 humidity

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http://i1044.photobucket.com/albums/...lPython158.jpg

http://i1044.photobucket.com/albums/...lPython156.jpg

[dr del]

Hi,

Just to rule it out.

Had you been applying anything to the snakes skin? Treating for mites or anything?


dr del

[j_h_smith]

Are you sure that's not some kind of bleeding? Some of the discoloration seems to span more than just one scale, then others appear to only effect some of the scale.

Jim Smith

[Vilenica]

where you see darkened scales are were they havent slough off. and the lighter areas had already been shed one at a time

[Vilenica]

no del these pics are probaly after a afternoon soak