Ok,... I have been loking over this site since this situation occured about a month ago, My friend seperated from his fiance and asked if I could house his animals a 2yr old ball python aka Sinister and a bearded dragon, when sinister arrived I noticed a pink tint to his belly so I changed his substrate cuz it was moist due to a spilt water bowl,... more to the point over the next week I was told that he would suply them food he has failed to do so therefore I did it out of what little cash I had,... should I turn him in for neglect or not(the dragon had neither a water or food bowl in cage on arrival)

But back to the problem at hand, the pink turned into swollen scales as he tried to shed they then seemed to become water logged and peeled off a chunk at a time I then consulted a local breeder due to no money for a vet he suggested betadine baths twice a day for half an hour each so I did, which brings us to tonight I have talked to a vet earlier and found that I dont qualify for thier payment plan due to no credit history the scales that peeled off are about 3/8 of an inch below the outer scales and just look really raw he is willing to eat though,... any advice in case they turn me away is helpfull plz and thanks

I have pics I'm going to post