I have a separate thread for Shayna, but I wanted to post this as its own thread.

A couple of days ago, I noticed some raw scales on Shayna's head (top) and a little (pinhead) black spot around the top of her snout between her two nostrils.

Looked like she had irritated the area, but wanted to see what happened; if it got better or worse.

The top of her head looks the same, but her top of nose snout area looks a little bigger. I have pictures below. I put some antibiotic cream on it.

Any suggestions are welcome.

Aside from the head shyness, she does not seem to be bothered by me touching it or applying the ointment.

I have yet to see her rub, ever. However, that doesn't mean she isn't doing it, and I have seen her push under her hides instead of just using the door.

Two other things. It got pretty warm in the reptile room - 77F and today upped her thermostat 1F (probe temp) as it was barely sending any power to her hot side Heat Tape and RHP (certainly not consistently - wasn't cold enough in the tank). It had dropped to about 84F hot side and is now back to 88-89F. I was in NYC yesterday until late and didn't check temps beyond looking at the thermostat gauges.

Today I checked, per usual, and saw the drop in her and Behira's cages - same thermostat. Not sure if that irritated her, but the coolest spot of the tank was 79F and the ambient temp was still 80-82F.

Finally, humidity has been about 70-75% in my basement and in her tank the past week. I usually keep her around 65% in the summer and 55-60% the rest of the year. Not sure if this was a factor as well.

I imagine and I am hoping it's an overreaction, and it's just a missing scale, etc. However, interested in what other users have to say.

Thank you in advance.

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