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discoloration on underbelly

flakes87

flakes87

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The belly of our recent 4month old normal has some discoloration. She had this when I got her from a guy who wasn't able to take care of her anymore, and to be honest I don't think he did much for her. I believe it's just stained from the old dry eco earth he had her in, but wanted to get others opinions to be safe in case the possibility of scale rot or something else. We've only had her about a month now and she hasn't shed yet, so I'm hoping it may clear up after she sheds. The scales themselves seem to be ok, none missing or deformed looking...

Sorry for the phone pics, I'll try to get some better close ups if anyone thinks it will help identify anything.
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I mean, it could be scale rot or a burn. What do you have the thermostat set to (assuming you have one). At only 4 months I don't think it would be scale rot, but it's definitely possible - especially depending on the care given by the previous owner.

Did you notice this before today?
 
She's had it since I got her from the previous owner. UTH is set at around 85, it's a on/off type thermostat so it various between 84-87 usually and monitored with another digital thermometer. I'm not sure if a thermostat was used in the past though. It appears only as a discoloration, nothing deformed and scales seem fine. I haven't really seen it on other corns and was curious. I'll try to get a better pic of it in couple days, since she just ate today.
 
If you are talking about the brownish areas in the middle of the belly where the checks are, I'd say that is pretty normal. If you're talking about something else, I'm just not seeing it from my phone!
 
AliCat37 said:
If you are talking about the brownish areas in the middle of the belly where the checks are, I'd say that is pretty normal. If you're talking about something else, I'm just not seeing it from my phone!
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Yea, the random brown blotches down the belly is what I was questioning. I didn't think it was anything, but just wanted to be sure.
 
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