I sold a female normal from one of my clutches this past summer to a friend of mine. A few weeks ago I was visiting him to see how she was doing/growing and I noticed a lower portion of her belly was a bit pink. To prevent what I thought might be oncoming scale rot, I advised him to keep her dry.

Tonight he sends me this......



It's definitely getting worse.

She lives in a 10 gallon terrarium with a heating pad set to 88 degrees F. Her substrate is bark mulch/woodchips and she appears to be taken good care of. She eats like a machine and has just recently missed her first meal.

What do you think is going on and what should I advise him to do?

Thanks for your help!