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My 8 month old burm just shed and when it finally came off his head right on the top in the center of it is what I can discribe as a scar left from an old burn or something. White on the edges and pink in the middle. He definitly was not burned though.

Is this normal or does anyone know what it may be or what? I'm a little concerned.

Sorry for the poor quality of hte pic if it even came up here.

Thanks in advance.

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Here's the link to a bad pic

http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/index.pl?photo=128914
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Since you say the scar is not from a burn, if I had to guess I would say it might have come from pushing up against a screened area in the top of your cage. Kind of hard to see with that blurred photo, but it looks clean and healing. Should granulate in and darken over time, unless the snake keeps re-injuring itself.

-Joan

There is screening on top of his current enclosure but where the scar is, (appoligies for the crumy pic) it is in the vally on the top of the head. It would be very hard for him to scar that region but I guess it is possible.
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My female Guyanan Boa somehow scratched her head when she shed.
It left an ugly scar, similar to the one on your burm, but
longer & thinner. I was worried about it for a while, but it
was nothing. She has shed a couple of times since and the scar
has completely healed, it is gone. It took a couple of sheds
to disappear though.......tc

Yea man, mine hasn't shed again yet but it is already looking better. I guess he did scatch himself sheding. I just thought it might be some type of burm phenomanon I didn't know about.
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