So this is Stella, my first ball python i ever got..the first snake I ever got..and now she has something on her belly scales that I cant figure out what the heck it is or how it got there and its freakin me out a bit...





The pics dont really show it but there is some white crusty stuff in the 'crack' there...the only thing I can figure is that she may have got a burn when i had her in a tank on a heat pad and a cheapish thermostat*which may have failed*(she's now in a tub in my rack on a herpstat) or I upped the humidity too high when she was in shed and she picked up some scale rot(which is hard for me to believe since I spot clean every day and fully clean with a dilute bleach solution once a month). The first time I noticed it was right after she shed about 4-5 days ago.

I plan to take her to a vet soon if it gets any worse(I currently have her on unprinted newspaper, am cleaning her tub everyday, and using betadine twice a day), but any insights into what this looks like, or any suggestions as to what I can do to help her more would be very helpful and very appreciated.