Can someone please help me???

[mrboatner13]

I recently got a BP from a local retailer I am letting it get accustomed to its enclosure. I took it out to look it over and the belly didn't look right. Can anyone please tell me if this is normal, if not what is it and what should I do?
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[Tigerhawk]

I don't know for sure. However it looks a bit like scale rot or it my be heater burn?

[mrboatner13]

I was thinking heater burn but wasn't sure

[Physician&Snakes]

Retained skin possibly...it doesn't seem swollen enough to be scale rot but it could be the camera angle. Describe your husbandry please.

[mrboatner13]

40 gallon tank with cypress mulch substrate. UTH set to 93 degrees, with similar hides on the warm and cool sides. Tank is blacked out on all sides except the front and top screen. Water dish is located on the cool side.

[mrboatner13]

There is no swelling, just feels a little rough when I touch it.

[Archimedes]

Might be a really minor burn. Bring your UTH down to 88, throw in a paper towel substrate, and it should be gone by next shed. There's nothing open, so using a betadine wash probably wouldn't do much.

[Physician&Snakes]

There is no swelling, just feels a little rough when I touch it.

When was the last shed? I am bordering between minor burn and retained skin. A 93F basking spot shouldn't be causing any burns unless he is burrowing under the substrate and sitting for days on end.

[satomi325]

Looks like minor scale rot.
You use Betadine to keep it clean. It's an antiseptic.
It doesn't look major and should shed off during the next shed cycle.

[mrboatner13]

I have had it for two weeks, I was using a CHE but switched to the UTH around Tuesday. He sat in the hide over the UTH for a few days and didn't move. He hadn't had a shed since I have had him, still hasn't eaten neither.
Also, where causes scale rot?