HELP! Bad shed? Scale rot?

I recently got back from vacation and immediately checked my BP's. I noticed that my male was in shed while I was gone. Unfortunatly he had a hard time shedding his skin due to the low humidity. His head and back peeled but I noticed his belly and tail was still attached. I soaked him for about an hour and was able to peel some of the rest off. However his belly was still connected and I didn't want to peel it myself being afraid I would hurt him. I upped the humidity in his cage to help promote the shed in hopes he would do it himself. A few days later his belly became very brown and hard, almost looking like a scab. I'm pretty confident it's not a burn as I only have a heat pad with forest floor substrate at least and inch thick. Is there anything I can do to help him? Is this worthy of a Vet visit? Any help in identifying what it is would be greatly appreciated.

P.s I'm having A real hard time trying to put this picture up if anyone knows any tricks let me know (converting a pic from phone to a URL) I'm still new to all of this

1.0 Albino "Kira"
0.1 Het. Pied Het. Albino "Guss"

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Originally Posted by Nater

I recently got back from vacation and immediately checked my BP's. I noticed that my male was in shed while I was gone. Unfortunatly he had a hard time shedding his skin due to the low humidity. His head and back peeled but I noticed his belly and tail was still attached. I soaked him for about an hour and was able to peel some of the rest off. However his belly was still connected and I didn't want to peel it myself being afraid I would hurt him. I upped the humidity in his cage to help promote the shed in hopes he would do it himself. A few days later his belly became very brown and hard, almost looking like a scab. I'm pretty confident it's not a burn as I only have a heat pad with forest floor substrate at least and inch thick. Is there anything I can do to help him? Is this worthy of a Vet visit? Any help in identifying what it is would be greatly appreciated.

P.s I'm having A real hard time trying to put this picture up if anyone knows any tricks let me know (converting a pic from phone to a URL) I'm still new to all of this

1.0 Albino "Kira"
0.1 Het. Pied Het. Albino "Guss"

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What kind of phone is it? If you can, download the photobucket app. Create a quick account then just upload to photobucket. From you phone (if you can), just go to this thread and paste the "HTML" link here.

Alternately you can just hook your phone upto your PC and transfer the photos to your PC. Create a photobucket account, and upload the picture there. Then post it here.

http://imageshack.us/ does not require an account, if this is a 1 time thing.

If you suspect any kind of scale rot, you need to change his substrate to paper towels or clean news print.

For the bad shed, take a look at this:

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...hed-No-problem.

Thanks guys I finally figured it out... I hope. Let me know what u think could be the problem with his belly

No picture that I can see.


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Oh my goodess! That poor baby needs to see a vet ASAP.

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Originally Posted by ballpythonluvr

oh my goodess! That poor baby needs to see a vet asap.

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x2! :(

Oh the poor thing. :(

Yeah that needs a vet.

That almost looks more like a burn from that pic.

That is most definitely not from a bad shed. How quickly did this set in?

It is either a burn or scale rot and needs attention immediately.

I believe it is a burn. You said you are using a heat mat, are you using a thermostat to regulate it?

To me it looks like a burn, and a pretty serious one at that. It could also be a case of scale rot. Either way, it definitely needs vet care. Make sure you get your heat source regulated.

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Originally Posted by Nater

A few days later his belly became very brown and hard, almost looking like a scab. I'm pretty confident it's not a burn as I only have a heat pad with forest floor substrate at least and inch thick.

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Sorry, I only looked at the pic and didnt read anything.
You have a good belly burn there probably from a heat pad that is WAY too hot:gj:
Hard and crusty is not good and I have yet to see scale rot that gets hard unless it is a major infection that has gone on for a while.

I hope your not reading this because your at the vet right now.

That's not a bad shed or rot. That's a serious burn. I hope that little guys been to the vet by now. He's going to need vet treatment, a sterile environment and the silverdine cream that you get from the vet. Ouch.


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