White spots on Easterns...is it normal?

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White spots on Easterns...is it normal?

Postby kris21 » Fri Aug 03, 2007 3:01 am

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.

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Postby Zach » Fri Aug 03, 2007 3:44 am

I would say normal. Many BTS have white flecks...but just be sure they're actually flecks and not something else... ;)

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Postby kris21 » Fri Aug 03, 2007 4:05 am

Ok cool, yeah it doesn't seem to be anything else. They have nice clear skin so they must be normal :)
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Postby Geoff Gates » Fri Aug 03, 2007 4:21 am

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.
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Postby kris21 » Fri Aug 03, 2007 4:29 am

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.

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Postby Jenn » Fri Aug 03, 2007 7:03 am

I've found that as my guys grow and get older more white came out in their paterns.
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Postby Funda » Fri Aug 03, 2007 7:16 am

I think its something that happens to them as they grow older :noknow:

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Postby Leigh » Fri Aug 03, 2007 8:55 am

Mine seems to be filling in the gaps, so to speak,with whiteish scales as the bands stretch with age
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Postby KyleWeiss » Fri Aug 03, 2007 12:43 pm

Jenn wrote:I've found that as my guys grow and get older more white came out in their paterns.


Like grey hairs? :thinking:

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Postby thesilverbeast » Fri Aug 03, 2007 7:36 pm

mine have them too. i think its normal.
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Postby Chase » Fri Aug 03, 2007 7:37 pm

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? :thinking:

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No........like white ones.... :hmm:
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Postby bluetonguemad » Sat Aug 04, 2007 3:25 am

this could turn nasty, so maybe they age, excuse my anthropromorphism but like humans in a way
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Postby kris21 » Sat Aug 04, 2007 4:09 am

Mine are 5 months old and the spots just came up after their last shed...maybe it happens at that age.

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Postby KyleWeiss » Sat Aug 04, 2007 11:13 am

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? :thinking:

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No........like white ones.... :hmm:


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.

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Postby Chase » Sat Aug 04, 2007 3:16 pm

No..... :? I was just messing with yea.....
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Postby bluetonguemad » Sat Aug 04, 2007 3:23 pm

lol, i thought kyle would get defensive about his hair :lol: :twisted:
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Postby KyleWeiss » Mon Aug 06, 2007 11:26 am

Oops, I guess I didn't use the right smiley. Everyone thought this was getting serious. Oooo. :paranoid: :hehe: See? That's why I f'ing hate smileys. If you start NOT using them, suddenly it's Russia, 1942.

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Postby kris21 » Mon Aug 06, 2007 6:22 pm

LOL exactly, the same thing happens on instant messaging because you can't tell humour or sarcasm sometimes.
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Postby bluetonguemad » Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:34 pm

same with txt messaging to lol, :roll: 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?
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Postby russman » Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:06 pm

Or maybe its like getting white hair.. it just happens as you get older.
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