Weird sheel growth possibly?

Srmcclure

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so I have notices recently that Ghido's shell is doing some odd things... there are a few areas that flare out and I'm not sure what that means... he has 90-99% humidity, 103 basking, 85-86 ambient, closed chamber... food is escarole, dandelion, wheatgrass, cat grass, butter lettuce, radicchio, wild lettuce and almost everything Kapidolo farms sells lol. Calcium every Monday and thursday.... here are some pics of what I mean about the shell.
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If its only cosmetic that's fine! I just don't want to be doing something wrong! Also, I have a RHP on therm, a flood bulb on a rheostat, and a HO UVB strip bulb. Temps never drop lower than 81.
 

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Forgot to say I also have the original mazuri and I have the zoo med grasslands pellets.

And then I realized I spelled shell wrong in the title... way to go brain before coffee....
 

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Greetings. Personally, i really don’t see anything that noticeable. It’s still pretty young and it sounds like you follow Tom’s care sheets/guides.
 

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Greetings. Personally, i really don’t see anything that noticeable. It’s still pretty young and it sounds like you follow Tom’s care sheets/guides.
Ok good, I do follow Toms caresheet as close to the letter as I can! T.T. said he was hatched oct.1st, but who actually knows... i just wanted to try and fix it early if it was anything to worry about ? his growth all over is smooth, but he just has those few weird flares and dimples
 

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Ok good, I do follow Toms caresheet as close to the letter as I can! T.T. said he was hatched oct.1st, but who actually knows... i just wanted to try and fix it early if it was anything to worry about ? his growth all over is smooth, but he just has those few weird flares and dimples

I think those flares are very normal.... if not @Tom will let us know!
 

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Looks like there is an extra scute on the back left quarter panel, but normal other than that.
 

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Looks like there is an extra scute on the back left quarter panel, but normal other than that.
Yea he has a 'special scute' lol. So maybe that is causing the weird bumps? He was a perfect dome for a while so when I saw the slight divets i was worried. Thank you for calming my woried lol!
 

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Pretty little leopard and I love the extra scute
 

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