HELP! I think my ball might have scale rot

Yeah that looks like a tick.

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Ticks are most heavily seen in wild caught animals. Often 20 or more can be spotted on any import. Luckily, they are fairly easy to remove. But you must exercise caution. One way is to cover the ticks in Vaseline or Neosporin. This supposedly suffocates them or causes them to release. After applying let it sit for 10 minutes, then with tweezers try and slowly pull them off. Another method would be to burn them off with a hot piece of metal. Simply heat up something like a paper clip, or use a hot match stick and poke the tick. It will instantly cause them to release.

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http://www.ball-pythons.net/modules/...warticle&id=46

EDIT

Wow there was a whole second page ~_~ Yeah I guess this was covered.