What on the world?!?

I come home from my friend house last night and go check on Mystic. As he was drinking out of his water bowl I noticed a spot on his head. I dont know what it is or how it got there. I dont know if it's a wound, scale rot, him going into shedding. Would anyone be so KIND as to providing some thoughtful insight on this. Pictures below.

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Looks like he scraped his head somewhere -on something- in his cage. Snakes that push on the lid often get such scars, but consider (search for) anything
else in his enclosure that he might have scraped his head on...might be a rough spot that you can sand smooth or remove. It doesn't look that fresh either-
IF it was, I'd suggest using some antiseptic ointment on it (only the NON-pain relief kind), like original Neosporin. Once it is healed (as it appears) & isn't
raw, ointment won't do anything for it.

Looks like either left over shed or head running, it look nice and clean and not oozing so I would recommend to do NOTHING.

Keep in mind that antibiotic ointments are oil based and will loosen up scales so do not use if u necessary and if you do, only use for a very short amount of time.

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Originally Posted by Bogertophis

Looks like he scraped his head somewhere -on something- in his cage. Snakes that push on the lid often get such scars, but consider (search for) anything
else in his enclosure that he might have scraped his head on...might be a rough spot that you can sand smooth or remove. It doesn't look that fresh either-
IF it was, I'd suggest using some antiseptic ointment on it (only the NON-pain relief kind), like original Neosporin. Once it is healed (as it appears) & isn't
raw, ointment won't do anything for it.

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I was thinking he might have scraped his head on his hide or something like that. [emoji2362] Phew my worse fear was scale rot. But Iam check around his enclosure and hide for rough edges. Thanks for suggest and advice.

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Originally Posted by Deborah

Looks like either left over shed or head running, it look nice and clean and not oozing so I would recommend to do NOTHING.

Keep in mind that antibiotic ointments are oil based and will loosen up scales so do not use if u necessary and if you do, only use for a very short amount of time.

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Thanks for your advice Deb. Its most likely head running since he hasnt gone into shed yet. I wont put anything on it. I believe it's in the healing process at them moment
So Iam let it heal on it's own.

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