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One of my normal male hatclings shed (1st) with some weird discoloration on his head and neck. What would cause this?


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8.15 Normal ball pythons
2.0 Pastel ball pythons
1.0 Plains Garter
0.1 Normal Kenyan Sand Boa
1.1 Anery Kenyan Sand Boa
1.0 Mid-Baja Rosy Boa
0.1 Leucistic Texas Rat
1.2 Dumeril's Boa
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*Amy*

By the way I am talking about the gray scales...it is kind of hard to see in the picture!
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8.15 Normal ball pythons
2.0 Pastel ball pythons
1.0 Plains Garter
0.1 Normal Kenyan Sand Boa
1.1 Anery Kenyan Sand Boa
1.0 Mid-Baja Rosy Boa
0.1 Leucistic Texas Rat
1.2 Dumeril's Boa
-----My list is too long, so I'll stop here!
*Amy*

The ones that look white in the pic? Sorry, I really don't have a clue. Especially it being so young. I know older snakes will sometimes get off colored scales as the age. Will be neat to see if it progresses with age.

Quig
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Don't interupt me when I'm talkin' to myself

Sometimes the color doesn't fully develop in some scales - it usually comes back in after the next shed or two.
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Tosha

"Nihil facimus sed id bene facimus"

6.34.0 Ball Python (Harry and Fluffy and gang)
1.0.0 Angolan Python (Anakin Skywalker)
0.0.1 Green Tree Python (Verdi)
0.1.0 Bredls Python (Smurfette)
0.2.0 Feline (Pippen and Pandora)
0.0.1 Desert Tortoise (Pope John Paul aka JP )
2.2.1 Fish (1,2,3,4)
0.0.0 frogs rescued from pool skimmer
0.0.1 Lizards of unknown origin

that should go away after a few sheds...i had one last year that had the same thing. hope this helps..

David