First time posting; a little worried about my BTS, Dexter!

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First time posting; a little worried about my BTS, Dexter!

Postby kriscarmi » Sun Oct 04, 2015 1:50 pm

Dexter entered my life in November 2012, and ever since I first got him, he has had a little dent near what I would call his eyebrow. It concerned me back then, so I took him to an exotics vet and they told me that with some sheds it'd be fine, and that is was nothing to worry about. Every single shed he has had, the dent has changed. It's gotten a little bigger, to smaller, to hardly noticeable at all, and then back to how it looked it 2012... but this recent shed he had this week has me concerned. It has seemed to turn into a crater-like dent? There is no discharge, no strange behavior, and it doesn't appear to be painful, but I'm just confused with why it has suddenly come back, and it so much larger than it's ever been? Here are some pictures (see from the second angle how it kinda looks like a dent?):

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Just wondering if this is just another weird shed, or something else? Has anything else experienced anything like this? I'm just feeling concerned because it's near his eye, and I don't want anything to happen to his gorgeous eyes! Any help or knowledge on this would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance, everyone, and I'm happy to have finally joined this forum!
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Re: First time posting; a little worried about my BTS, Dexte

Postby Richard.C » Sun Oct 04, 2015 3:26 pm

Could be an old head injury,bite from a cage mate before it came to you,if infected way back then ,they can sometimes keep the dent as u put it and a shed can make it look like its changed,scarring from that area may leave the skin in that spot thicker

I actually have a cunningham skink with something similar on his snout

I guess just keep an eye on it in case it flairs up but its probably just an old battle wound thars perfectlu fine,but when it sheds it makes it possably appear more visable

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