all red belly? (new to bts)

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all red belly? (new to bts)

Postby Junkie » Sun Oct 28, 2012 12:36 pm

(: hello, I just recently purchased an adult Blue tongue, named Joliet Jake and upon further inspection it appears his belly is a salmon/reddish coloration even running up to the base of his neck and jaw. Is this scale rot?
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Re: all red belly? (new to bts)

Postby Richard.C » Sun Oct 28, 2012 1:11 pm

With out seeing it its hard to diagnose,

But id say no,some get a red flush to the underside,some its more pink,some it comes and goes,others seem to hold it,its quite normal,imguessing you have a gigas form of tiliqua,they get one of the deepest red flushes to the underside ive seen

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Re: all red belly? (new to bts)

Postby El Lobo » Sun Oct 28, 2012 3:22 pm

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Re: all red belly? (new to bts)

Postby Spindown » Sun Oct 28, 2012 3:29 pm

probably not, but if you are worried, post some pics!
some of mine have some pink/orange/reddish bellies, and they always have.
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Re: all red belly? (new to bts)

Postby LarissaLurid » Sun Oct 28, 2012 4:06 pm

It really depends, so pictures would help, but many blueys naturally have pink/red/salmon colored undersides. Mine does.

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Re: all red belly? (new to bts)

Postby LarissaLurid » Sun Oct 28, 2012 4:13 pm

Here are some other examples, none of these pictures are mine.

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