Hello everyone, after being stumped everywhere else I decided to make an account here and maybe find some answers.

I got my first ball python last year in August from an expo. Hes a 9 month old Banana morph and things have been going great. He's never missed a meal, has a nice 4x2x2 enclosure with lots of climbing opportunities and clutter. The only thing I have struggled with is humidity.

I done all the tricks I know. Like 95% of the top of his cage is coveres with duct tape, he has a large water bowl that sits under his heat source, I have been using coconut fiber/husk mixed together with sphagnum moss, and have been pouring tons of water in corners with no results. Finally, I thought inwas getting somewhere when his humidity was sitting between 50-60%. But I got him out Saturday night and found all these roughed up areas on him.

I have been told it could be either the start of scale rot or its just because he hasnt shed in awhile (his last shed was in late october). I plan on calling the vet tomorrow get him seen but maybe you guys can inpart some knowledge on me?