Scale rot/peeling and other problems?

I bought 2 ball pythons yesterday. A male rescue who is skittish but otherwise has no problems (that nice noticed yet) and a female who has several problems. Some of the scales on her belly are dry and splitting/flaking, I pulled what looked like a small (really tiny) piece of rock out from under one scale earlier today. Aside from that she is calm when being held, curious, and even drank some water earlier.
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I got them from 2 different breeders. The male is a rescue and possibly het lavender. He also said he was a "garbage disposal", a really good eater. Only information the other people gave me on the female was that she is normal. Does anyone know what this is? What would have caused this? They have paper towels as bedding right now.

I wish I could help here,but most I can do is send best wishes your way..I'm sure she will be fine

Looks like some minor/moderate scale rot. 1:10 betadine solution should do the trick for both the scale rot and that little abrasion, I'd think. If anyone else has other thoughts/concerns though, take theirs into consideration-- lucky enough to never have to deal with it personally.

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Seconded on minor scale rot. Weak betadine bath should clear that up. Maybe consider a dab of neosporin (without painkiller) on the abrasion. They are gorgeous otherwise!

Lowering the humidity can help if you think she has scale rot. And scale rot can turn the entire belly very red making it look irritated. It's tough to discern this from pics sometimes, although her belly does seem okay minus the flaking scales. I have however seen that before from previously bad sheds. If you're unsure take her to a good Reptile vet who works with snakes. Good luck! That male has really nice banding :)

in image 4, the portrait, are the heat pits alright? that looks quite unusual. does anyone know whats going on with the heat pits? Or does that look fine and its just me?

I think you might just be seeing the angle of the photo plus flash, pythonfriend. Correct me if I'm wrong and you didn't use flash on this pic, OP.

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@pythonfriend: I thought the same thing. Looks irritated/inflamed to me but I don't know much about the heat pits either.

Correct. I didn't use flash at all. It might have been the lighting. She was laying sideways (I had her in her back but her head was sideways) and the light was almost directly above us.