It's a 150 W heat lamp and it is a bit overheated. I can't change it right now but I can put damp towels on his cage as well as use tinfoil and I can also turn off that heat lamp and use the light I was given for day time light. It gives off some heat. My room is already eighty degrees from these two other snakes.
But Dave has always been like this. Not with this hot of a lamp but zero humidity. I try to spray his tank three or more times a day. His original owner never cleaned his tank, gave him minimal heat, no humidity, and gave him adults RATS that he threw up because they were too big to eat. He owns two bigger snakes, a red tail boa and a four or five foot ball python but those two can handle that size but he can't. And he does not give a crap about him, that's why he gave him to me. I don't know if he's had this for a while and it just didn't show up.
All I know is that he's one of the worst snake caretakers I've ever witnessed. Dave originally had owners that never fed him and now he came to someone who was no different. I can feed Dave the small frozen mice I have for my younger Ball Python. He got his eye caps off so he'll eat. He needs as much nutrients as possible.
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I'm in Illinois. Thank you for the offer but my parents are not willing to go that far out for my snake because they simply don't care. I showed Dave to my mom and told her to call a vet and she simply said to let nature take him away.
And she wonders why I yell at her. I'm the only one in this family who wants to help him.
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EDIT: It looks like slipped skin disease
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