Scale rot or not?

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Originally Posted by ROACH

I bet thats a pain to clean. You will have to take it out, wash it, sterilize it then put it back in right? Looks nice, but I wouldnt actually use it for any of mine.

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Yeaah but I have two mats for each snake so I can just take one out and replace it then clean the dirty on :-) it's not too much trouble too be fair :-)


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but if its absorbant, and you clean it with hot water and disinfectant and then rinse it with cold water, wont it be soaking wet and a pain to get dry?

generally people use a substrate that can absorb really well, and if it has absorbed something, you replace it. you do spot cleaning and sometimes you replace it all and clean out the whole enclosure.

the only re-useable substrate that i think could work would be real towels instead of paper towels, and you wash them at high temperature in a washing machine whenever they get filthy. kinda like the old diapers people used before modern single-use diapers were invented. im not saying it DOES work, i just think that it COULD work, i havent tried it.

but thats beside the point, right now you dont have a completely healthy BP, you have a BP that has some kind of injury with dirt in it, or scale rot going on. in that case it is highly recommended to switch to paper towels for as long as the medical problem persists, because the additional hygiene helps with healing.

I use the same artificial grass and have to say that it's very easy to clean and I prefur my vivs to look good

Ok so back to the real topic which is the ball python that he is worried about....... how is your new snake doing? Has it gotten any worse? Still need any advise that doesn't involve your astroturf? Lol!!

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My axanthic did this same thing a few weeks back and I soaked him at least once or twice a day and he shed within the next few days and it went away. I'm not an expert, just putting some advice in. If it gets worse a vet visit would be best.


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