skin disease ?

Hi

Just notice this few days ago when he got shed but I don't think it is so serious until today after he finished the shed I found that his tail got something wrong.

http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/3843/skin1v.jpg
http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/8699/skin2q.jpg
http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/2250/skin3e.jpg

is this serious problem ? what kind disease is this ?

at the moment I just clean the wound and put human antiseptic on its wound.

Looks more like an injury than a disease to me. Do you feed live? And if so, do you leave the rat/mouse in there unattended for awhile? OR...do you have a heat source inside the cage? A dangling bulb, for instance...or something else that can get hot that the snake may have come in contact with?

It may look worse after a fresh shed because the shedding process will pull the scabs off.

EDIT to add a couple more thoughts: Keep the snake on clean paper instead of aspen or other substrate that can cling to the wounds. ALSO....DON'T use "antiseptic"....use an "antibiotic" ointment that does NOT have any pain reliever in it. Human pain reliever can make them sick.

ya, looks like a rat decided to have dinner also... always keep and eye on your snake when feeding live..

yea, thats exactly what i think too if you feed live just put it in a watch him for 30 min if he dosnt eat it wait till next week