WTH is this?

[kitedemon]

Do you have a thermostat of any kind?

Chlorhexidine is one of many chemical disinfectants. It is easy to use and relatively not toxic (it kills germs and bacteria and viruses no it is somewhat toxic to kill things.) and is unlikely to harm you or reptiles in general. A local vet may carry the 2% or 4% Chlorhexidine. The 4∞ is surgical scrub and 2 is a general use many would recommend a dilution of 1:24 for the 2% and 1:48 for the 4% it is a spray on wait and use product (I rinse out water bowls but cage stuff I just spray it on wait 20 min and whip out any extra)

However bleach also works well but it IS toxic to your snake so careful rinsing is required. Vinegar is also a decent disinfectant as well household pickling wiped on straight and left for 20 min kills a wide variety of nastys as well, rinse it off carefully but it isn't quite as unpleasant as bleach.

There is also new studies being done on bleach vinegar mixes but I have only read them in passing so you would have to look it up yourself acidified bleach.

A proportional thermostat eliminates the concern about burrowing, the heated surface stays at the temp you have set. (helix/herpstat). It is hard to tell from the photos but it could be a burn, better images would help try having the snake smaller in the frame and crop in on it after just a suggestion.

[masterofdestiny90]

Spot cleaning is good. However the substrate should be totally replaced every 1 1/2 to 3 months depending on how messy your snake is.

[ed4281]

Not the best of pictures but it could be fungal, ask your vet to do an impression smear and a culture then send it out to the lab, this will let both of you know how to treat appropriately, based on that picture and the missing scales she will have a scar and always be sensitive in that area. In the mean time go to the home depot and get a $7.00 light dimmer and use that until your thermostat comes, in fact the light dimmer is all I use for my corns and kings, it works just fine and it’s only $ 7.00.

[shelliebear]

I tried with these on my fiance's phone which has better graphics and options and what not.

[shelliebear]

No ideas?

[shelliebear]

Someone suggested applying a powder for Athlete's foot for Cheesecake since it may be fungal....but something about that sounds weird. Is that a good idea? :/ I'm sketched out on that one. Not all fungal infections are the same...what kinds do snakes get?

[Wh00h0069]

If it were me, I would change her substrate to newspaper or paper towels, hook up a digital thermostat to her UTH, and give her whatever meds the vet decided to give her. Good luck.

[shelliebear]

She's on newspaper, the UTH is off while the thermostat is in the mail (thanks zina!), and we have an infrared light on a dimmer switch above her tank for now.

[Mrgbb]

Is there any way that she can be climbing to the top of the tank? I've had corns go in between the screen top and the edge of the tank and get minor burns from that if the lamp is hot, or maybe is there anything in the tank that can get very hot..?

Goodluck,
Mike H.

[shelliebear]

The only thing that got hot could have been the heat mat. I never see her climbing--she's always down in the substrate burrowed. She has little tunnel systems leading to every nook and cranny of her tank. It is fascinating to see, and she always makes the same ones.
I'm worried maybe she burrowed down into the substrate where the heat mat was. >:/
She'll never stop. I'm gonna have to get Astro turf or something...ugh.