Hello, so I've had my male 1 1/2 year old mojave on 2 uth's in a glass aquarium, but I've kept the temps relatively low via 2 thermostats and have monitored it via an electronic thermometer. The substrate I use is brown paper towels. The temp is 85 on hot end 78 on cool end.

he hadn't really eaten much this winter, fasted for most of it occasionally taking a rat every two weeks or so (in the fall he was eating every 5 days), he also shed around Christmas twice in a month. I noticed his stomach turning pink about a month ago and chalked it up to him getting ready to shed, but it was especially pink. He finally shed around 2 weeks ago and had a very bad shed despite the humidity being quite high (80ish), and I had to soak him to get the pieces off. His stomach remained pink and a few days later I realized it was turning brown. I'm very concerned, can't tell if it's scale rot or a burn, like I said his uth's are both regulated and kept on the low side.

One thing is his water bottle is a plastic Tupperware container, and he's taken to knocking it over. I'm starting to think its scale rot since there's been times where he's spilled his water while roaming around.

i bought some betadine and antibiotic ointment today, haven't rinsed him in betadine but I applied some ointment about 20 minutes ago, he did not like it when I was applying it.

can anyone tell me whether this is most likely burns or rot? Does it look serious? And what should i do for him?

Thsnks for the help



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http://imgur.com/eqUy3BY