Re: Help with ? scale rot on possible rescue BP

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So the short story is going to be as follows, My finace' friend who is a rather novice snake keeper contacted her yesterday and said he has a sick snake which he was asking our help in "putting it down". I was then contacted by my finace'. She said this friend had a BP with a ? "skin problem" and he wanted to know how to "put it down". My first reaction was please don't do that until I see at least photo's of the snake. I find myself going thru alot of feelings, From anger and concern for this snake. I love my Ball Pythons and keep my collection at the best possible conditions that I can. I just want to say that I can't seem to understand why others that keep snakes don't care for them in the same way and treat them as a real living animal or creature. So after stepping down from my soap box, I am asking for your help in the issue. I really don't know what to do I have reicieved several rescue snakes from negligent keepers in the past and with this one idk if it's out of my league or not. So asking what to do. I will post the pictures that I got of her and ask for suggestions for what to do. I really don't want to see a snake put down if it can be saved. I do have an area that I can quarintine it if I decide to take on this project. So with this all said here are the photos. Is this scale rot.

I don't it's rot, I think the snake is suffering from the effects of crappy husbandry and indifferent care.

Before this thread turns into 10 pages of a debate over what constitutes scale rot, or whether a fart is a burp held in too long, let me head things off at the pass:

It doesn't matter what those lesions are, right now the snake needs correct husbandry, security and treatment of those lesions.

I would recommend that the animal be taken to a vet for a regular check up. During the course of that check up ask the vet for some silver sulfadiazine which is the best antibiotic out there for these types of issues. Some knuckle nut will chime in here and recommend neosporin, polysporin or some other sporin and then you will be back here a week later asking why the snake's scales are sloughing off. In other words, don't use any sporin on this.

No, ask the the vet for some silver sulfa, put the snake on a paper towel or newspaper substrate, provide correct thermoregulation zones, apply the silver sulfa twice a day and let the animal shed it's problems away.