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I have this spider in october of 08. He is the product of a spider and pastel Only two hatched. He was a normal spider for like two or more months then after he shed I see this little pastel colored spot on his side... about the size of a dime. It has grown with every shed and no one knows what it could be. He now has vertical pastel colored lines going down his body. I've heard everything from cancer to some dumb guy telling me all spiders have it. Some said it's an IMG thing, a melanin gene possibly.

I've talked to people who have been breeding spiders for like two years and they don't have any idea. Vets have determined it is not cancer or any disease.

It's hard to take pictures of but I tried. It's obvious when you see him in person.

I also have his half sister who has the same sire, a spider. She has some of it but not near as much as the spider does.

Just hoping to get a little more insight on this.

The first three are of my spider the last is of the normal female. I have no pictures of the parents and now have no contact with the guy I bought them from. As far as I know none of the others had this.

Megan
 
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IMO, it doesn't look like a "pastel colored spot" One of my thoughts was a "Paradox spider??" that'd be kinda cool.

The first things I'd consider are: Does it affect it's quality of life? Is it effecting it at all?

I had a great concern over a couple ETBs when they got blue spots on them. Turned out, that's how ETBs bruise from getting shots.

GL, nice looking spider

That' 4'th shot can't be the same snake
 
No the last picture is a completely different snake... obviously its just a normal. They both have a same sire. She's a little over two and a half years, and he is one and a half.

It doesn't effect his life at all he eats normal, sheds normal, and overall is just normal. You cannot feel any difference in his scales from that light colored spot.

In person it's a bright pastel color, that's the best way to describe it. He hasn't had any shots and I don't think a bruise could last for that long. It's never been sensitive either.
 
I wouldn't worry about the spot. There may be more genes in the mix than spider x pastel. The parents may have been carrying an unknown gene. Aka het for something. Some critters get spots of odd coloring. Would be an interesting dinking project. Put some super pastel genes into the mix and see what pops out.

I sell my less than 100% het babies as normals, so I bet other breeders do as well. So there's bound to be a bunch of undisclosed genes flowing through many of the normals out there.
 
I'm not too worried about it. I just really want to know what it is and see if anyone else had this going on.
 
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