I just rescued a BP from a home where he was severely neglected, I've attached photos of the wound this snake has there is so much i could write here about this snake but currently i'm looking to see if someone can tell me if this is scale rot or severe belly burns?! the photos I've attached are of the snake in its previous enclosure at the home i removed it from about two days ago i took them before removing the BP and taking it home with me. I'm guessing hes like 5 years old and been very abused and neglected. I've been having difficulty with him being that he is very stressed which is expected and very agitated/defensive he's striking at me and has bitten me several times doesn't stop me from trying get him some help. I've never experience anything like this with my own BPs I've had for 7 years now! I believe he might be suffering from both. I think he got burned and previous owner neglected to do anything so the snake started soaking as the previous owner stated his snake started swimming a lot ..i found it under a large glass casserole dish being used in its enclosure as its water dish he was coiled up under and had pretty much dug his way through very wet/moist dirty coconut dirt to get there it looked like he had been doing it often there were lots of pieces his shed mixed with the dirt. the photos show the worst part and side of the snake but it has these all over mostly from mid way down his body to the tail on both sides of him. I have 4 more days not including today till the vet appointment i have for him i tried to schedule it a lot sooner but my awesome herp vet lives almost 3 hours away and is the closest to me, im desperate looking for help and advice on what i can do for him in the meantime till saturday! please help!
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