Need Help, URGENT

[Black_Shark]

I think you might be doing a little TOO much. Two soaks a day and neosporin for a tiny cut? I have seen ball pythons recover from multiple rat bites without any disinfectant or anti-biotics or anything.

Just leave the snake be for a while. Once she sheds everything should look back to normal. The more you mess with her, the more you stress her out. The more stressed she is, the slower her recovery.

I know it is hard to not be a paranoid parent, but sometimes you just need to let things run their course before throwing antibacterials and medication all over the place.

Yeah, I'm just worried that its not a cut. I really can't tell but the scale has a brownish/reddish tip and is "chipped" so to speak. It also looks like a slit has gone through the middle of the scale and both "sides" of the slit have already flaked off. So, I'm literally clueless here. I wish I could get a good pic of it but no camera besides iphone. Because of the brown tip, I'm concerned it is scale rot in the very very early stages but since I've always kept the enclosure clean, wet free, and humidity in the 55-60% range permanetly, I don't know how she got it. But I figured that treating it as scale rot in the early stages is safer than ignoring it and it getting worse.

Edit: Also she hasn't shed since thanksgiving so she is probably due for a shed sometime soon.

Edit**: She also has no abnormal smells, swollen scales, pus or anything of that nature.