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Q:
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Strange Scale Pattern on Red Tail?
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In Relation To:
Cornelius [0001]
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Hello,
I have aquired this albino Red Tail quite some time ago from a man who turned him over due to the facts that he had mites. I quarentined him for several months because of this scale abnormality (or at least, I have never seen it before).. However I have not seen any more evidence of mites. I am afraid I am missing them and that is what's causing his scales to look like this. Cornelius (the snake) is roughly around 3 feet long (maybe a little less) and I have yet to weight him, however he was severly underweight and is now looking amazing. He's feeding on one small rat every 10 days, and doesn't even hesitate. He is house in a 48" (long) 24" (deep) 17.5 " (Tall) boaphile cage. Heat tape providing belly heat with a warm end of 85 degrees ferenheight and a 90 degree hot spot. I use butcher paper as substrate. He does have a larger water source so he may soak if he needs to, and I keep umidity at around 65% ( I never let it fall below 60% or ise above 70%) He does have a flat stone and a cork branch at the cool end of the tank next to his hide to aid with shedding.
I am at loss with figuring this out... Thank you.
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Member Comment
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6/22/2015 8:09:31 PM
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Cenobite
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Husbandry sounds spot on. When you say "quite some time ago" how long would that be? Just looks to me it's previous issues that have healed imho.
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Author Comment
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6/22/2015 9:16:57 PM
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kenz
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I have probably had him about ten months now.... I also want to add he sheds regularly and it's always a very clean shed.
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Accepted Answer
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6/23/2015 8:09:04 AM
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Sonja K. Reptiles
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I have noticed such before - even on my own animals - always in the tail area or just before the tail - and I don't feel it's anything to be concerned about. I can only ever recall catching eye of it on albinos and sunglows, likely because it's more evident with thei light coloration - and I believe it's more of a change in the spacing around and/or under the individual scales caused by growth, putting on weight or something like that. I feel that's the cause since it seems to come and go over time. I was gonna try and get a pic for you from on one of mine, but one is in shed and the other doesn't display it currently.
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Author Comment
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6/23/2015 9:56:58 AM
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kenz
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So, would you say I'm in the clear as far as mites go? Like I mentioned, I haven't seen any evidence of them in about 6 months or so. However I continue to treat his cage because I was skeptical about his scales.
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Member Comment
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6/23/2015 4:52:20 PM
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Sonja K. Reptiles
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It's not mite related. In my experience, I typically see it along with weight gain and sometimes it seems to go along with them starting to get a bit "chunky", so when that seems to be the case, I will cut back on the size of prey or frequency of feedings a bit depending on their age. Like I said, it seems to come and go. I think it's the bending of scales or pushing up from underneath from fatty deposits or something.
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