Developing Black Scales

[Apollo1995]

Hello i have a red juvenile bearded dragon he's around 7 months old i have started to notice that his scales are developing this sort of black peak and on his tail there was a lot of black tips on the tail basically he shed them off of his tail but it looks like its coming onto his stomach now any advice he's eating everyday looking really healthy

 

[Cat93]

Could you post a picture?

 

[Apollo1995]

There to small there just like black at the tips of the scale

 

[LLLReptile]

Hard to say without being able to see pictures. It may just be darkening of the scales as your beardie gets older.

-Jen

 

[Apollo1995]

Ya I wish I could of more help with pictures just his scales are small and my camera can't Zoom enough I just want to be sure it is not harmful he's healthy and eating vibrant colors

 

[Cat93]

My girl does have some super tiny black tips on her tail scales, and the larger scales down the middle of her back. So it definitely could just be his pigment changing as he grows.

 

[Apollo1995]

Cool I checked my other 7 and none of them had any so I just got intrigued

 

[Cat93]

That is interesting... is he just a straight up red normal? (No morphs etc.)

 

[Apollo1995]

He has some hypo in him and developing some blue side bars

 

[Taterbug]

Sometimes you can see the melanin in little specs on the scales. It can grow/shrink depending on the state of the melanophores. Is he full hypo or het?

 

[Apollo1995]

full hypo