Shatter Pattern or scarring?

[hfritchy]

Hey! So, I'm not even sure if this should go here or in the morph section so I'm posting it here. My aunt got this female as a shatter pattern, and none of us here have any experience with that morph. The thing is the guy we got her from lied to us about what she was eating, and when we got her and really looked at her scales we thought some of it looked like scarring so maybe he was lying about what she was as well. We can't find any pictures online of a shatter with the black on their back like this girl has. She doesn't really have much black on her sides where the shatter pattern usually seems to be, and as you can see in the first picture some of the scales are deformed. The areas are also raised a bit and a little bumpy. Does she look like an actual shatter or does it look more like scaring from eating live? Any input would be greatly appreciated.

[Aztec4mia]

it is likely scarring from the looks of the irregular shaped scales on the back. There is no morph that I am aware of that would change the size and shape of any scales, just the color.

[Albert Clark]

That looks very suspicious! I would return the animal right away and say i am not satisfied, period.

[hfritchy]

That looks very suspicious! I would return the animal right away and say i am not satisfied, period.

It's already been about a month and a half so we couldn't return her now anyway but my aunt wanted to keep her anyway since the price was so low (which was also suspicious IMO). She's a big girl and can at least be used as a normal breeder. It's already been about a month and a half so we couldn't return her now anyway. From what I've found shatters are usually pretty expensive so I was like whattt? When I saw the low price on it. Especially considering she's breeding size.

[Albert Clark]

I would still consider contacting him. The other recourse you have is to go on fauna classifieds BOI (BOARD OF INQUIRY) and give him a poor rating based on your experience with him.

[AbsoluteApril]

Looks like scars to me, rat bites or possibly a burn.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

I see scaring too, I hate people like this who misrepresent their animals.

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[PitOnTheProwl]

Those are scars from who knows what.

[hfritchy]

Thanks for all the replies. It is really sad that she's hurt like that. I don't know if the breeder even knew because he said he got her as an adult. Maybe it was sold to him as a shatter. Who knows.
I've never had a snake get injured in my care before so I didn't know if it would scar really dark like that. That was half the reason we weren't sure if it was shatter or scarring.

[PitOnTheProwl]

Their scars can be black.