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White spots on Easterns...is it normal?
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 3:01 am
by kris21
My baby Easterns have little white flecks on their skin...is it normal or something bad?
They seem healthy enough but im just curious to know if they are all like that. I would take pics but i can't seem to get those crystal clear shots.
Thanks,
Kris
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 3:44 am
by Zach
I would say normal. Many BTS have white flecks...but just be sure they're actually flecks and not something else...
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 4:05 am
by kris21
Ok cool, yeah it doesn't seem to be anything else. They have nice clear skin so they must be normal
Thanks,
Kris
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 4:21 am
by Geoff Gates
Kris,
Have you got a pic.? Do these flecks rub off?
If so, I would suspect either dust from the substrate or perhaps mites. If it was mites you would also see raised scales and your bluey would be showing signs of irritation.
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 4:29 am
by kris21
No i don't have any pics but these spots don't rub off, they are like a pattern on their skin the same as the stripes.
Kris
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 7:03 am
by Jenn
I've found that as my guys grow and get older more white came out in their paterns.
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 7:16 am
by Funda
I think its something that happens to them as they grow older
f.C
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 8:55 am
by Leigh
Mine seems to be filling in the gaps, so to speak,with whiteish scales as the bands stretch with age
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 12:43 pm
by KyleWeiss
Jenn wrote:I've found that as my guys grow and get older more white came out in their paterns.
Like grey hairs?
KW
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 7:36 pm
by thesilverbeast
mine have them too. i think its normal.
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 7:37 pm
by Chase
KyleWeiss wrote:Jenn wrote:I've found that as my guys grow and get older more white came out in their paterns.
Like grey hairs?
KW
No........like white ones....
Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 3:25 am
by bluetonguemad
this could turn nasty, so maybe they age, excuse my anthropromorphism but like humans in a way
Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 4:09 am
by kris21
Mine are 5 months old and the spots just came up after their last shed...maybe it happens at that age.
Kris
Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 11:13 am
by KyleWeiss
Chase wrote:KyleWeiss wrote:Jenn wrote:I've found that as my guys grow and get older more white came out in their paterns.
Like grey hairs?
KW
No........like white ones....
Do you need your batteries replaced? Hair turns grey before white. Technically, you could have caught me on the fact hair doesn't "turn" color at all.
KW
Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 3:16 pm
by Chase
No.....
I was just messing with yea.....
Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 3:23 pm
by bluetonguemad
lol, i thought kyle would get defensive about his hair
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 11:26 am
by KyleWeiss
Oops, I guess I didn't use the right smiley. Everyone thought this was getting serious. Oooo.
See? That's why I f'ing hate smileys. If you start NOT using them, suddenly it's Russia, 1942.
KW
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 6:22 pm
by kris21
LOL exactly, the same thing happens on instant messaging because you can't tell humour or sarcasm sometimes.
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:34 pm
by bluetonguemad
same with txt messaging to lol,
so many fights over a simple "yeah, your mum looked really good the other day",
back to the topic, do many reptiles get white spots on their scales as they grow..
could this be because they may not be shedding properly and may be keeping some old dead scales which get pretty much white cause theyre now dead, and just get moulded into the new scales?
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:06 pm
by russman
Or maybe its like getting white hair.. it just happens as you get older.