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09-11-2012, 08:17 AM
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Help please!!!!
I noticed today that Amber's shell is pink underneath, she has been eating fine and pooing and peeing fine too...
I gave her a bath this morning and tried to see if it was dirt that would wash off but seems its not... Here are some pics they are not really very good but I hope you can see enough...   Please let me know what you think I am a little worried about it... |
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09-11-2012, 10:22 AM
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just thought I should add she is not very active but is getting up to eat, but Misha is also not very active and doesn't have the slightest hint of pink... If I thought she was acting even a little off I probably would have noticed the pink sooner but she really seems fine...
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09-11-2012, 12:46 PM
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Amber is just fine Merlin
 Young growing animal often get a pink flush to the plastron, not a thing to worry about  Danny
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09-11-2012, 05:36 PM
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Cool, so the pink is nothing to worry about then?
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09-11-2012, 05:53 PM
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Nope! Opal had it for a while but it's new growth
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09-11-2012, 08:52 PM
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09-11-2012, 09:03 PM
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She looks fine to me.
My guess would be slightly dilated blood vessels in her Dermis under her (thin young) scutes. Maybe she is having a growth spurt and those blood vessels are actively sustaining her bone and keratin producing cells. |
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09-11-2012, 09:24 PM
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Bad time for a growth spurt, was planning to start wind down next week!
Given she is still acting normally I am happy to believe she is fine, really just needed to put my paranoid brain at rest thanks everyone! |
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09-11-2012, 09:43 PM
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