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    Exclamation bp belly rot?

    i was wondering if anyone would know what this is? if its belly rot or what. i have been putting bactine spray on it and then neosporin. i can't tell if it is helping or not. doesn't look like it is getting any worse tho.

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    Take the snake to the Vet!
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    Angry Re: bp belly rot?

    sorry don't exactly have the money for a vet right now.. need to know if there is something i can do at home...

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    Re: bp belly rot?

    Keep it's cage dry and keep putting the neosporin (make sure it is the original with nothing else in it) on it to keep it from getting infected and it will heal over time but i does take a little while.

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    Re: bp belly rot?

    actually it is tripple aintibiotic ointment with polymyxin b sulfate, bacitracin zinc, and neomycin sulfate in it.. first aid antibiotic..

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    Re: bp belly rot?

    triple lol

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    That really looks like scale rot to me... is this your snake? a rescue snake? has he shed recently? I would VENTURE to say that it MAY be burns from the underside of the tank... but it looks like excessive scale rot... there is a point when scale rot becomes septic... you really need to provide more information... and those pictures are very... disquieting to me Goodluck.

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    From the looks of it, that is pretty advanced scale rot. There is nothing you can do at home, the snake needs to get to a vet for treatment. If you can't afford to take it in, please find someone who can.

    In the mean time, as other people have stated, keep the cage dry and clean. Preferably keep it on paper towel or something easily switched out.

    Best of luck.

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    Re: bp belly rot?

    i'm sorry if those pics were disturbing.. yes this is my snake.. we just moved and he is of course in a different area of my apartment. we had a heating pad underneath the tank but it never seemed to disturb him before. i took him out of his tank and noticed it like a week after we moved to our new place and i immediately got online to search some answers for this. i found about the heating mat and removed it. and i have been putting bactine spray on it for only about a week but the ointment for about 3 weeks..

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    I hope you take him to a vet. That looks painful.

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