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Scale Rot?

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  • 01-30-2015, 03:10 PM
    RocketGrunt
    Scale Rot?
    Hi everyone.
    I was handling my BP today and i noticed this odd-looking scale on his belly. Could this be the beginning of scale rot?
    His humidity is around 40-50% and i use newspaper as his substrate.
    Would a betadine soak help him or should I take him to the vet? If it is the former, what is the ratio of betadine to water?
    His belly is a bit pink because I believe is his about to go into shed.

    thanks in advancehttp://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/...er%20scale.jpg
  • 01-30-2015, 05:31 PM
    DVirginiana
    That could be the beginning of a little bacterial infection, could just be a weird scale IMO. For a betadine soak you dilute the betadine to a weak tea color. But for this case, since you're only looking at one scale I'd just swab it with some diluted betadine on a Qtip. Couldn't hurt anything and it's less stressful than a soak.
  • 01-30-2015, 05:46 PM
    RocketGrunt
    Re: Scale Rot?
    ok, thanks.
    I'll clean his cage and change his substrate while I'm at it.
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