Baby has dark nose patch - shedding or bruise?

[BriGecko]

Hi all. I have had Aries for 2 days now. During that time, his nose has developed a weird dark patch.

He fell from his basking branch yesterday, so I was wondering if it could be a bearded dragon bruise? (have since added levels under his branch so he can't fall so far)

Could it be that Aries is about to go into shed? If so, does he need a bath or a humid hide?

Thank you.

Aries has a 5.0 reptisun T5 strip light in a zoomed 36" reflective hood, and a floodlight bulb in a Flucker's dimmer lamp. His lid is just egg crate/light diffuser panel set into the aquarium lip. The holes are large, so the UVB/UVA should hopefully not get filtered out much. Humidity stays between 30% and 45%. Temperatures at basking spots vary from 120 F at top plank, to 110 F at branch, to 100 F at triceratop. Aries moves around a lot to switch basking spot. He eats like the devil, even his vegetables. Feed him 10 dubia roaches 2x a day, and red bell pepper, cucumber, and celery leaves in the morning. Dust roaches once a day with calcium. Thermometer with probe measures temperature/humidity. Thermo gun coming in the mail.

His dark patch is hard to see in the pic. It's a lot darker in person.

 

[AHBD]

Just going to shed....sometimes the tip will linger or start way before the rest of the body. Nothing to worry about at all. And that's a wonderful set up, lots of climbing areas to keep him fit + healthy. The only thing I'd recommend changing is the long board he's sitting on, if he jumps from that high he may not get hurt, but if he landed the wrong way he could twist his little foot.

 

[destiny1998]

Hi. Cute little guy . I would recommend replacing the 5.0 uvb to a 10.0. The 5.0 are not very strong and more for shade animals.

 

[BriGecko]

Thank you both! I will change the long plank and replace the bulb to a 10.0. Really appreciate the true dragon love here.