Re: Help!!! Is this scale rot?
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DVirginiana
Scale rot is a bacterial infection usually caused by too high humidity and/or unsanitary conditions. What kind of bedding are you using and where does your humidity usually stay at? It doesn't sound like you've had her long enough for unsanitary conditions to be an issue.
First try wiping the spots with a wet towel and make sure it's not just something stuck to the scales. If not, then it looks like a REALLY minor bacterial thing. Swabbing it with betadine once a day until it goes away should be enough, and keep a close eye on it that it doesn't start to spread or get worse.
So I started her on Betadine a couple of days ago, and now it has cleared up on that spot, but I'm noticing it in other areas, I didn't want to have to pin her down so i can swab all of the spots because she didn't like it at all, so I read that you can give her a bath, so I put her in a container of warm water and squirted betadine in it until it was about the color of a light tea, the question I have is, is this okay, should I add more or less betadine, and how long should I keep her in it, also how often, thanks. Also, should I dry her off afterwords, thanks again.
