Snake recently recovered from scale rot and looking to breed him this season

I had a snake that had minor scale rot and has been treated. I want to breed him this season season. His scales are still rough and he needs to shed to be completely recovered. He is also off food ( I am unsure if that is from the infection because all of mine are off food now). Do you think it will be ok to put him in with a female in 2 weeks or should I wait for him to shed so he has a new skin? Can the females catch it from him?

Anyone?

Hm, look up some info on scale rot, I don't think it's contageous. He should be completley fine to breed, but also might not breed if he is too freaked out about having an infection.

Yea. I got him with it and I made it worse by putting neosporin on it. He is better now but the scales are still rough from them falling off from the neo. He needs to shed again and he should be fine. I may have to pic up another breeder male.

It is contagious. Scale rot is a bacterial infection, you should not breed him and also put him in quarantine. Even if he sheds and looks fine, he may still be infected. If it was a burn then that´s another story...

Yea I am going to wait a little bit with him. He is better now and all my other snakes seem to be fine. He just has some rough spots where the scales fell off.

I don't know the answer regarding scalerot, but I wouldn't recommend pairing a snake who hasn't even fully recovered from such a nasty infection. Quarantine should start over, and you should avoid putting him with females intil the infection is long gone... And not just a little better.

Yea well maybe I should post some pictures. Like I was saying he has been better for a few weeks, but his scales have not still fully healed from where I put the Neosporin. He is acting completely normal.

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/...1-01183857.jpg

It is just rough and discolored at this point.

I don't even see where he was effected!

You can see the discolored scales at the top that look rough

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/...1-01183831.jpg

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/...1-01184410.jpg

Illness can take a lot out of an animal I would suggest not breeding this year at all and allow the snake to fully recover before adding breeding stresses to an already depressed and recovering immune system.

ok I will have to do that.

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Do males shed during the breeding season

He's a great looking snake regardless. Can't wait to see his babies!

He is a great snake! And I also can't wait. Hehe. Thats why I am trying to keep him in top notch shape. He seems to be doing very well. I am just going to wait till he sheds so he has a complete outer skin before I put him in with any other snakes.

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He's a great looking snake regardless. Can't wait to see his babies!

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This snake shed and is eating again. But he is not very interested in the females at this point. I am trying to find a way to help him get interested. He is very beautiful. He was sold to me as a pastel butter poss het for genetic stripe and I think he is actually a super pastel. His colors are much more yellow then a regular pastel butter. I guess I will know when I get some of his hatchlings

I would give him at least 6 months to recover and get back on a regular eating schedule. If he was off feed when infected, he may go off feed again when introduced to the females. He needs as much nutrition as he can get right now in his recovery. He's very pretty and I know it's probably hard to not pair him up, but if he's been sick and not eating, he probably doesn't have good sperm anyway. You might get a lot of slugs...


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