Flared up mouth scales?

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Flared up mouth scales?

Postby JadedGoblin » Fri Jan 20, 2023 4:37 pm

Hello all,

I have a 3 year old blue tongue skink who recently came out of a long dirt nap for the winter (think it started somewhere in November). He has been out and about for a a little over 2 weeks at this point and has yet to really eat some food (mainly just nibbles, but I had attributed it to his hunger bein a little out of wack from brumation. His level of activity and curiosity hasn't dipped at all, he is very much his usual curious and climbing self.

Unfortunately, last night I was moving some things around in his house when i noticed two scales on his mouth looking very odd, sort of puffy and misaligned. I have never seen this before so suffice to say it was a little alarming. From what I've seen this could be a temp/humidity thing, but I'm worried about some sort of rot or infection. He might have had this since he came out of brumation and I didn't notice since from a distance it is hard to spot. He also has what looks to be some kind of mark on his bottom lip where the scale dips a tiny bit. I've only seen him get little spots of dirt or food stuck in places, but this seemed a little different. I tried to capture the inside of his mouth a bit in one of the photos.

I hope my rambling makes sense. I would have posted on my other account, but I completely forgot the login info for it :lol: I can make a google drive link for the video I took of him if it makes it a little easier to see.
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Re: Flared up mouth scales?

Postby splashy07 » Thu Jan 26, 2023 5:59 am

Don't see anything abnormal. Northerns are going into season right now, and sometimes get a bit rambunctious.

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