Quote Originally Posted by bumblebee1028 View Post
I'm not sure what it is, as I'm not experienced with either scale rot or burns, but if it is scale rot or a burn, it looks fairly minor to me. Hopefully someone with more experience can help more.

How deep is the substrate? I believe it should be only around 1/2" deep or so. What is the temperature directly on the glass above the heat mat (with no substrate)? If the temperature is above 94F directly on the glass, then you need to adjust the thermostat so the temp above the heat mat stays 94F or below. They are fine with a basking temp as low as 88F, so even with 1/2" or so of substrate, you should be fine with lowering the temp of the heat mat a few degrees.

You also need to bump up the cool side temps - they shouldn't go below 75F, but 78F and above is better. As for humidity, have you tried a larger water bowl or placing the water bowl on the warm side? I've also heard that people have good luck with adding sphagnum moss to the tank, or adding a humid hide.

I hope that helps!

Thanks.I agree that it looks fairly minor, so I'm glad I caught it now before it got worse. I've had a corn for about 6 years now but her setup is all locked in so I haven't had any issue like this before. Aside from going on a major fast last winter he has been pretty much perfect. This girl has been a little trickier lol.

Substrate was deeper then that, though I did a clean and changed it out to about 1/2 " today after I posted, as well as dropping the temps of the heat mat and making sure there was substrate in her hot hide. Heat temps have been finicky. I've been trying to keep them around 91 against the glass under the substate in her hot hide. Same goes with the cool side temps. Lately they have been sitting at 75-77 consistently, which I have been happy about. I picked up a larger water bowl last week, so that she can soak as needed since her last shed was rather poor. I'm also planning on adding a humid hide for future sheds.

We live in a basement apartment and unfortunately don't have any control over the heat. She was pretty close to the floor, which has been radiating cold with this ridiculous weather we have been having lately. I was able to move her away from the floor today with some new furniture which I hope will help stabilize the temps and reduce the risk of having issues with the thermostat fighting to keep temps up, and it seems to have helped already. Once she gets a bit larger her next home will be PVC which should help big time with the humidity levels.