scale rot/odd scale?

[butters!]

hello,i have a quik question.on the bottom of my smallest girls belly where all scales are white there is a lone scale that looks light brown/redish.she is in blue now and im wondering if this is a sign of scale rot or somtin.i will try to get a pic but close ups are hard especially tryin to grab a single scale.

[Mike Schultz]

My snake has a couple random lone scales like that too. I have been keeping an eye on them and they havent changed so far.

[butters!]

im def thinkin its a small case of scale rot.i put newspaper on top of the bedding until tomorow night when i can clean and put down new stuff,also put some neosporin on the lone scale.this bp has been a handful.any other suggestions?

[dr del]

Hi,

What kind of bedding are you using in her tank?

How high is the humidity of it (tricky to measure I know)?

Does she soak or anything like that?

How does the scale itself look apart from colour? Is it crinkled or rough at the edge?

I would keep and eye on it and see what it's like after she sheds first.


dr del

[butters!]

im using reptibark and its pretty dry now,around 45 to 50%
the vet told me to bathe her twice a day for a bad shed and im wondering if thats how it happened.ive been misting the tank but i dont remove the hide so the bedding under the hide stays dry.the scale looks lite brown and dry/flakey.hopefully the neo will help.

[dr del]

Hi,

Why soaking so often? Normaly one soak allows the stuck shed to be removed unless there are complicating factors.

Is it the same procedure as in the sticky?


dr del

[JenH]

I've got a girl that I am taking to the vet for scale rot tomorrow. I put her on paper towels a month ago and have been treating her with neosporin daily. I was hoping it would look better by her next shed. She shed earlier this week and it looks a little worse. I'll try to get a pic of it later today....

[butters!]

i was soaking her once a day for about 30 min via sticky.went to the vet and he said the bad shed was probly due to parasites.i told him i was soaking once for 30 and he said to soak twice at 15min.the last shed i had her humidity at no less than 60% so i kinda blaim parasites as well.hopefully this time will be better since she has had 2 doses of meds.

[butters!]

sorry to hear that jen.pics would be great just to see if its similar to wat mine has got.how bad was it when you caught it?