White Spots on Body?

[Gooseman]

Alright, so I was at work today when I was approached by a man with a bp in his hands. It was covered in about two dozen little crusty white spots about the size of it's scales all over it's body, and also had a crusty vent area. I told him he needs to take the snake to a vet to have it tested/treated(hopefully), but I have no idea what they were. It almost looked like infected ant bites, although I am by no means certain. I couldn't get a decent pic with my camera phone either. He told me he had acquired the snake at a little shop in china town where a man had "over two dozen" snakes in a 20 gallon tank. The marks were there when he got him, but he was told they would go away when the snake sheds, with no indication of what it could possibly be. I personally don't think this was a wise investment, but what's done is done. Anyways, he said he'd call me when he finds out what it is from the vet, but I was wondering if any of you had any ideas as to it's possible condition?

[rishnack]

sounds friggen hideous! i had a female shed in peices once thats all i can think of

[Beardedragon]

Hmmm, I wonder if this has anything to do with the show feeding rodents with to much fat content?
i remember reading somewhere about some burms that ate VERY over weight xxxxxxxlg rats and they started to get very bad skin problems, one even died.

[python.princess]

Weird. Never heard of something like that

[Gooseman]

If anything this snake was underweight. I doubt it was an over-feeding issue.

[FloridaHogs]

Sounds like possible blister disease from to wet an environment.

[envy_ld50]

Possibly a urate burn? I have herd of snakes turning white when burn left with urates. Im not sure if this is true maybe someone could shed some light.

[envy_ld50]

No body knows? Im curious about this!

[LadyOhh]

The only time I have ever seen a snake turn white in patches is in scars.

Never by anything else..