In this situation you really cannot use wild snakes as an example,thats like asking and saying do snakes in the wild get rid of scale rot with Neosporin and a dry enclosure exxcc ,No so do not do anything with scale rot (get what i am saying). The ball pythons in the wild do not live aslong as the ones in captivity and thats because of proper husbandry so just because they do it and die in the wild does not mean you should not investigate and go head in towards any potential danger when it comes to your snake.