Stuck shed or damaged scales?

[moukin]

Hello there. My new girl Aki had a bit of a bad shed with me. She shed in about three pieces and had a bit left on her nose. She did, however, shed both eye caps just fine and the tip of her tail.

I let her sit in a tub with a damp wash cloth to get the rest off her nose and thought that was it.

Then I noticed a really tiny spot on her back. I really can't tell if it's still a piece of stuck shed, or if it's a damaged scale or two.

I got a close up macro shot of it and cropped it in even closer to really get the detail. I thought I'd see what you guys think.

If it is still more shed, is it okay to wait until the weekend to help her with it again (with a damp washcloth like before?). Today is food day and I don't know that I want to stress her out trying to get that off before hand and of course need to leave her alone after.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4132/4970152540_ae0a15c778.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/treadingclouds/4970152540/)
DSCN1736 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/treadingclouds/4970152540/) by treadingclouds (http://www.flickr.com/people/treadingclouds/), on Flickr

[Bartholomew]

Looks like a pice of stuck shed to me. Notice how it almost continues to the the scale in front of it. Try rubbing a wet wash-cloth over it.

[rexracer]

I found this in your picture thread. What ever happened with this? I'm no expert, but that photo is pretty good, and to me it's obvious that there is a scale missing, and damage to one above it. If you follow the pattern of the scales on the black border, you can see one is missing. If you follow the row above it in the red saddle area, the scale above the missing one is only about half there. How does it look now?

[rexracer]

I don't know. I could be wrong. Did it disappear with the next shed?

[moukin]

It did disappear! Sorry for not updating on that. After her next shed, I couldn't find it at all.

[rexracer]

Good news!