Scale Rot?

[jessicaaabvb]

Hi guys,

Long time lurker here, first time poster. I’ve had my baby Beetlejuice (Beetle) for 8 years. He’s a rescue as was in pretty terrible conditions and had a terrible case of mites when he was younger (he still has deep scars to this day).

The entire time I’ve had him, he’s never been sick. I recently moved to Northern California, and his first shed here was in so many pieces. Now, he’s never shed all in 1 piece with me, it always breaks off at the scars on his spine. But I raised his humidity to 80% for 3-4 days to improve his shed because 70% last time still resulted in a poor shed.

This Shed was better, and it’s been a week since, but I just noticed this scale on his side doesn’t look right. Is this scale rot for the extra humidity? It’s only the 1 scale. It’s flaky and has the red spot at the base. The blackish speckles are freckles from his pattern. But no pinkness. He didn’t get defensive when I touched it. He just ate but he eats F/T so it’s not an injury. Do you think he just got it caught on something, maybe the log hide in his enclosure? Should I be worried or wait until next shed? Any advice?

oh and he has a heat mat kept 88-90°, ambient temp is 80° with a CHE. He’s on paper towels but has cocofiber mixed with sphagnum moss is his hides (1 on cool side, 1 on warm side).

thanks!
jess

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[Stewart_Reptiles]

This does not look like scale rot it looks like an injury of some sort.

It's minor however you want to keep it clean so paper towel is recommended and of course you need to figure out how this may have happened.

[jessicaaabvb]

This does not look like scale rot it looks like an injury of some sort.

It's minor however you want to keep it clean so paper towel is recommended and of course you need to figure out how this may have happened.

Thanks! I feel relieved. Appreciate the fast response. Think it most likely would have happened when I reached in to change his water dish a couple days ago. He was out on top of the log and when I lifted the dish it spooked him. Must have snagged on there like I suspected.