blue tongue skink with red tint to skin

[shark_curious]

had him for about a year now, he's about 2 years old with bark substrate. when he came out this morning he has a redish pink tinge to his skin, at the belly and slightly on top of his back and sides as well. should i be worried?

 

[Sylvias]

Pictures please, impossible to know what you mean without seeing it.

 

[HPIZZLE]

could mean hundreds of things.

 

[shark_curious]

i know it isn't much, but not once has he ever had this tint.

 

[Sylvias]

Nothing really looks wrong there..... another picture of how it is normally to see the difference?

 

[shark_curious]

ill have to search around on saved photos. he's normally very pale, this looks almost like a sunburn, only he has no direct sunlight where he is right now. good to know im most likely overreacting right now.

 

[Tramonte172]

How warm are the basking spots that he comes in direct contact with? It almost looks like a mild burn (I can not say for sure). Sometimes heating elements malfunction. If it is a burn get him a new heat source. He should shed and be fine.

 

[EricIvins]

That's normal - Pigment comes, pigment goes......It'll probably shed in a few days.....

Not anywhere close to a burn or anything of the sort.......

 

[shark_curious]

hes 10-12 inches away from his heat source at the closest part

 

[Tramonte172]

hes 10-12 inches away from his heat source at the closest part

Not likely a burn then.