I noted I can only post one image per post. I will need to post a couple of posts just to show other users the extent of this. It started a few weeks back, maybe even as much as a month or more, but I thought it was just the belly changing color due to an impending shed. Now that it's spread considerably I'm quite worried. I suspect fungus infection but I'm not sure, anyone have any clue what this might be?



A little key information: Gaara is free roaming in my room only. The room is about 70 degrees and I'm getting a humidifier for it. He has a basking spot with a ground temp of about 120-130 degrees, and he sleeps with me at night. He is getting a thermal blanket this winter. He has a tub large enough to soak in and a litter box tub. He gets bathed 2x a day for 15-20 minutes. His diet consists of being fed every other day or sometimes, depending on meal size, once every three days. In his week he eats one rat, a dish of chicken hearts and gizzards/kidney/liver/beef heart, a dish of salmon and a hard boiled egg. Sometimes there's other things, like ground beef, shrimp, sardines in water, other fish, mussels, crab, clams...but mostly the aforementioned as roaches are illegal and he turns down anything smaller insect-wise. All foods are store bought, not outdoor caught. My room has a couple hides for him in it, and he loves basking in the sunlight that filters in through the window more than his basking spot, even. In winter it's always kept hot enough for him, and he's 2 years old.



He's eating normally, activity is great, drinking normally and he's not overweight in the least. Just the skin discoloration, this is the only problem. More pictures in the next few posts...

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