ok, so junior recently had a mystery sore on his mouth which has since healed. now, though, the outer corners of his eyes are kind of pink and puffy. also, and this is what has me really worried, is that there are a couple of tiny white spots where new growth comes in between his scutes. at first i thought it was kind of a marbling effect, but closer investigation reveals that these little spots are perhaps a bit soft. also, on his underside, where his scutes meet they used to come out a bit -- almost like the opposite of pyramiding -- but now there is a bit of a tiny valley between the scutes.

am i making any sense -- does this sound familiar to anyone at all?

my original herp vet now works for the zoo full time so no dice. the last one i took him to, i don't know -- she seemed nice but the way she handled him made me feel that perhaps she's not very experienced with reptiles (not to mention that the staff seemed to be a bit surprised that i'd brought in a "turtle". i have the name of another vet, dr. brad wilson, that i'm going to try next, who is supposed to be an exotics guy.

if anyone can recommend a good herp vet in georgia i'd be very grateful.

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