Worried

Also I was told to bathe weekly by a vet who thought it was stuck shed and well he did get to look at it up close. Not doubting you but he did seem to know what he was talking as a lot of his info matched what I've learned/read on bp net. He did not specialize in snakes but in exotics in general. However I haven't seen much about bathing snakes in this forum. (Now I'm assuming because your not suppose to)

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Originally Posted by Derekroth91

Oh and I bathed him because he will be shedding quite soon! Within 7-10 days is my guess

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You still don't need to bathe him. Just bump up the humidity in his cage by offering a humid hide or misting the enclosure. Bathing can actually make their sheds worse because you re washing away their natural oils that help them shed.

A wet pillow case works great too.

and no, there is no reason to drop temps ever.

Okay thanks! Just get confused cuz from what I've read with scale rot you lower the humidity but he's about to shed so I have to bump it up. And I read scale rot is caused by sitting on wet bedding for to long

You can mist the cage to up the humidity but you don't want to leave the substrate soaking wet.

What is your substrate?

I would clean those areas with betadine.

A waterbed heater gets very hot very quick. It's hard to tell in the pics but those could be healing burns or the start of scale rot. A snake can force a shed in defense of scale rot.

Keep his temps steady, make sure his humidity is right. Clean those areas and keep a close eye on them. After the shed you'll have a better idea if they are getting better.

Can do. And the force is very interesting, and did not know about it! I will clean the areas and keep everything steady. The substrate is just newspaper but I have a screen lid (which I do not like) but I have made it managable by misting above the screen o keep the newspaper dry and then soaking small towels and getting some, but not all, moisture out if it and placing them on both sides of lamp.

How often should I apply betadine

On the few snakes I have rescued or rehabbed. I would clean the area in question once or twice a day. Just a few drops on a qtip.

How's it looking? Any better?

It looks a little better. Hopefully with the betadine it'll start speed up healing and keep it clean

After his first shed (under my care) the rot is gone (the rot part. The scutes are,for lack of a better term, repositioning after every shed) and the peeling has stopped! He seems quite happy and a lot healthier then when I first got him when he had RI (two more injections of antibiotics and he's done) I just wanted to say thanks for all the help!