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What's This?

Postby AidanJames1 » Tue Apr 17, 2012 11:41 pm

What is this Brown Scale on his nose?
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Re: What's This?

Postby AidanJames1 » Tue Apr 17, 2012 11:43 pm

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Re: What's This?

Postby Jeff » Tue Apr 17, 2012 11:48 pm

It looks like retained shed to me. It should come off by itself, but you could try gently scratching it with your finger nail. If that doesn't work, you could wipe it with a damp cloth. After a minute or so of being wet it will probably come right off.
6.10.9 T. s. intermedia
2.2.7 T. s. scincoides
1.2.1 T. nigrolutea
2.2.0 T. r. rugosa
1.2.3 T.g. keyensis
2.0.5 T.s. chimaera
0.0.0. T. occipitalis
0.0.0. T. multifasciata
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Re: What's This?

Postby xxmonitorlizardxx » Wed Apr 18, 2012 4:16 am

Yeah it's shed
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Re: What's This?

Postby AidanJames1 » Wed Apr 18, 2012 4:25 am

He/she has actually had it since I got him which was about 2 weeks ago so will it still come off?
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Re: What's This?

Postby xxmonitorlizardxx » Wed Apr 18, 2012 4:42 am

Just rub it a little bit. Or wipe it with a wet Q-tip if it won't come off then rub it. :)
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Re: What's This?

Postby Richard.C » Wed Apr 18, 2012 5:13 am

looks like a bit of retained shed with a circle drawn around it,hehe

try gently trying to remove it with some moisture like sugested,if it was there before it shed i guess it could be something else,so yeah if it doesnt come off easily,no biggy,see what happens by next shed
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Re: What's This?

Postby Sal » Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:22 am

I picked mine up the other day and was told that his last shed was over 10 days ago, but these were still there discoloring his head. As others have already said, I simply gave them a gentle rub to see if they wouldn't "pull" away when I pushed my fingertip over them. Sure enough, all 3 scales just came right off.
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Re: What's This?

Postby AidanJames1 » Wed Apr 18, 2012 4:22 pm

Thank you everyone it was nice to know someone else had the same thing and could tell me that it does work.
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Re: What's This?

Postby Richard.C » Wed Apr 18, 2012 5:44 pm

so it came off?
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Re: What's This?

Postby AidanJames1 » Wed Apr 18, 2012 8:18 pm

Yep tried it it took kind of long but it came off thank you everyone and i think my blue tongue likes me touching around his nose area.
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Re: What's This?

Postby Richard.C » Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:11 pm

good stuff

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