Raised scales? Beginning of scale rot? Mites?

I usually give them some moss around shedding time and bump it up a bit, but otherwise I've had nothing but healthy snakes with good sheds and such at that humidity. All of mine have huge dishes to soak in, so maybe it just works for me.

The vet said he'd only seen a few other cases of blistering like this, and it looked really similar but wasn't as spread. it was his best guess as to what it could be, mostly by ruling other things out. If I don't see an improvement after the next shed he wants me to bring him back in, or I might drive a few hours to see another vet.

It seems mine like to hold up their poo and then drop a huge load on me. :P My little hogg island girl just dropped a 10gram poo today. (My roommate dared me to weight it. Boys. e_e Keep in mind, she's only about 200 grams herself...)

You don't have to wait for a poo, the vet can do a cloacal wash to get a sample.

I totally want to know the results of this!! I just got a new bp 2wks ago and I don't know his background so I need to be prepared!!!

I'm resurrecting this thread because I was at the pet store today and saw 2 emaciated juvenile ball pythons with the same thing you see in the pictures on pages 1 and 2 of this thread.

I didn't see any conclusive finding here.

The pet store really doesn't take good care of them though.

The 2 are kept together in a glass terrarium with paper lining on the bottom, not a single good hide (one crappy triceratops head). They don't have a thermometer in there, and they regulate heat with a heat lamp which as far as I can tell they turn on and off on whim.

I tried to talk to them about it, but they are so not receptive to my advice.

Does anyone know what this condition is(the bumps) so I can help in at least some way?

The owner's pigheaded attitude really pisses me off.

When my boa had mites his scales were like this. It could also be a bad shed or low humidity wherever it came from. I would soak in water with a few drops of non-toxic dish soap for mites, then quarantine.

From the way you describe it, it sounds like edema. I took Angie to the vet because she started wheezing and she had two small pathes of three or four raised scales. If you looked below them, you could see that there was sweeling in the tissue underneath. They gave me antibiotics after blood tests and a cream for her scales. It worked like a charm. Hope this helps