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    Re: What does this mean!? (in regards to scales and shedding)

    Quote Originally Posted by Trey Yeoman View Post
    Queen Elizabeth is healthy, and due to be fed soon... she is much more active than normal and I can just tell that she is starting to get hungry... but there is an issue I am having... on her belly... she has the occasional scale that is like... kinda raised and when I touch it, it flakes off... similar to what happened when I KNEW she was shedding... as of now she is not showing any signs of shedding... but these flaked scales just started happening like... two days ago... is it possible for her to have another shed so soon? (by so soon I mean a month ago) her husbandry is all proper... temperatures... clean bedding... I am using newspaper as a bedding, with dual hides and a ceramic water bowl... basic set up... any ideas?

    ps: the rest of her body is solid and not flaking... its just her underside
    I just had this same exact problem with my BP and for me, it meant that she went into shed within the next 2 weeks so I'm inclined to believe that your BP is fine and will be going though another shed soon. One question: Is your humidity normally around 40-50%? I ask this because I had never seen my BP have this problem before till I went home for thanksgiving and when I came back she had knocked over her water bowl and the humidity in the tub was pretty much 0%. Must have been like that for a couple days. And after that, we noticed the scales. Anything like that happen to you?

    In short, I wouldn't worry but I would expect a shed sooner rather than later.

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