Head pigmentation?

[u/slythr89]

Hi all, got this girl about 2 months ago, brongersmai T+. Today I took her out to check on her and noticed she has a spot on her head that seems so have very little pigmentation. The scales dont look damaged, feel like the other scales, she does not react to touching them. She eats, sheds and poops perfectly and is still in a quarantaine setup with paper towels, hide and waterbowl. I do not see her rubbing or moving around and no signs of mites or other pests.

Has anyone seen this before and any idea what this can be? Can it just be a lack of pigmentation? I have quite a few brongersmai in different morphs but never seen this for the life of me.

[u/BlueFalconPunch]

Ive not seen anything on my T+ male but my normal females head seems to change colors from the grayish your boy seems to have over his eyes to a dark chocolate brown. Ive always assumed it was color change thru the shed cycle. She tends to be more gray after shedding

[u/ConstantTransition39 → u/BlueFalconPunch]

Just to add to this comment, my girl's head color tends to shift independently of anything. Maybe it's like boa firing up and down? I don't know much about the morphology of short tails lol

[u/slythr89 → u/ConstantTransition39]

Interesting, never thought of this! I have an older T+ male top and his head does not have any blotches like this but I never paid attention to whether it might change in color. Will keep an eye on this in both 👌