Scale rot or something else?

Now I am at a computer I don't think it is a burn they rarely are on both ventral and dorsal surfaces and no where else. Has this snake been probed at any point in the recent past? It almost looks like an abscess or infection of some sort. There is marking around the cloaca and the tail tip it is IMO unlikely to be a burn.

The reptile vet is back in today I got an appointment for 3:00 Hopefully its not too bad. Do you think something like that could require tail amputation?

It looks like an infection to me, though I had a lizard with something similar, it was caused by minute burns getting infected in his feet (this was before I got him). Its possible, however antibiotics make a big difference. I'm curious to know what's going on with that tail, keep us posted!

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I am glad others see infection there. I agree this looks like an infection running down from the vent. GL.

Just got back from the vet he told me it was a burn, he said it should heal fine but its gonna take some time. He gave(sold) me some triple antibiotic ointment I'm guessing there is a few extra ingredients then the normal store stuff. I am relieved looks worse then it is I guess? But still poor snake! Glad I got the thermostat so it won't happen again.

He also had some bedding stuck in his eye that the vet was able to remove it was a very small piece of coco fiber, I don't think I wanna continue to use it I tried to get it out the night before but didn't wanna risk hurting his eye. Do you guys recommend any other types of bedding? I've been thinking of unprinted newspaper, aspen and the vet recommended something like astro turf but its not I forgot the name

Also thanks for all the input, new to this forum but already loving the community.

Just an update, he shed about 2 weeks ago and his tail looks much better. Seems like just the very tip of the tail is a little red still. http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/25/qu9e9ane.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/25/ygu5ymer.jpg

Glad to hear he's doing well. :) As to the reptile carpet (Astro turf) you asked about, my opinion is that that stuff is a cesspool breeding ground for bacteria, since you can't spot clean it. I use cypress (or newspaper for breeding females). Any loose bedding is occasionally going to stick somewhere, so I wouldn't use that as an immediate reason to switch if the coco is working for you otherwise.

Thanks :D one of my snakes got some coco fiber stuck in his eye so I'm using newspaper now seems to do pretty good!