Help!!! Is this scale rot?

I just got my second ball python last week (she is a albino black pastel). She is about 18 inches long, I got her last Saturday at the York reptile show, before I got her I made sure she was active, smelling the air, and I looked her up and down for any signs of illness, so I got her home and left her alone for a few days, fed her Wednesday and she ate no problem, I let her be again until Friday when I got her out and she was fine, I took her out again yesterday and noticed these brown spots on her, and so I took some pics today and am kinda worried that she has scale rot, since she is albino she is mostly white so I'm not sure if it is a scale wound because I don't notice them on my other BP because he is larger and not albino, so here are the pics, what is it and how should I treat it, I don't want anything to happen to my new baby, thanks

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Scale rot is a bacterial infection usually caused by too high humidity and/or unsanitary conditions. What kind of bedding are you using and where does your humidity usually stay at? It doesn't sound like you've had her long enough for unsanitary conditions to be an issue.

First try wiping the spots with a wet towel and make sure it's not just something stuck to the scales. If not, then it looks like a REALLY minor bacterial thing. Swabbing it with betadine once a day until it goes away should be enough, and keep a close eye on it that it doesn't start to spread or get worse.

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Originally Posted by DVirginiana

Scale rot is a bacterial infection usually caused by too high humidity and/or unsanitary conditions. What kind of bedding are you using and where does your humidity usually stay at? It doesn't sound like you've had her long enough for unsanitary conditions to be an issue.

First try wiping the spots with a wet towel and make sure it's not just something stuck to the scales. If not, then it looks like a REALLY minor bacterial thing. Swabbing it with betadine once a day until it goes away should be enough, and keep a close eye on it that it doesn't start to spread or get worse.

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I have her on a mat, no bedding, bedding is just a home for bacteria so I don't ever use it. She has a water bowl in the middle of her cage, and a heat mat, the temp stays around 80 and humidity around 35

... a heat mat inside the cage? Is there a thermostat on said heat mat?

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Originally Posted by Asherah

... a heat mat inside the cage? Is there a thermostat on said heat mat?

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Sorry, I didn't mean mat as in heat mat, I meant it as in like the Eco earth carpet thing, should've worded that differently, sorry. I have a small heat mat under her cage in the corner.

Cool beans. I was a bit worried on that one. Just make sure the one under the tank is also regulated by a tstat, otherwise burns are inevitable. (If I am repeating known knowledge then ignore and carry on. :-))

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It sounds like humidity probably isn't your issue either. Honestly, that looks so minor that it could just be something that got going due to the stress of moving to a new home.

Those carpets actually harbor bacteria worse then bedding. As long as you clean regularly and keep up proper husbandry, bedding should never have enough bacteria to cause infection.

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Originally Posted by aLittleLessButter

Those carpets actually harbor bacteria worse then bedding. As long as you clean regularly and keep up proper husbandry, bedding should never have enough bacteria to cause infection.

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I have 2 of the carpets and clean them every week, I could use newspaper if it is better.

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Originally Posted by Clay Yingling

I have 2 of the carpets and clean them every week, I could use newspaper if it is better.

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As long as you keep cleaning them they are fine but they make it impossible to just spot clean. I use paper towels.

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Originally Posted by DVirginiana

Scale rot is a bacterial infection usually caused by too high humidity and/or unsanitary conditions. What kind of bedding are you using and where does your humidity usually stay at? It doesn't sound like you've had her long enough for unsanitary conditions to be an issue.

First try wiping the spots with a wet towel and make sure it's not just something stuck to the scales. If not, then it looks like a REALLY minor bacterial thing. Swabbing it with betadine once a day until it goes away should be enough, and keep a close eye on it that it doesn't start to spread or get worse.

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So I started her on Betadine a couple of days ago, and now it has cleared up on that spot, but I'm noticing it in other areas, I didn't want to have to pin her down so i can swab all of the spots because she didn't like it at all, so I read that you can give her a bath, so I put her in a container of warm water and squirted betadine in it until it was about the color of a light tea, the question I have is, is this okay, should I add more or less betadine, and how long should I keep her in it, also how often, thanks. Also, should I dry her off afterwords, thanks again.