Is this scale rot?? My humidity isn't high.
Last week I was handling my ball python when I noticed that she had some brown-ish scales. I googled it and scale rot came up. I started reading the causes and symptoms but my bp's cage is always very low in humidity. I live in northern Mexico, which means humidity is EXTREMELY low. To bump it up I normally just spray her tank like 2-3 times a day whenever she is in shed. But she has NEVER shed correctly with me. So I guess that humidity is not something that's very present on her tank. I`m scared to bump her humidity up because if it is actually scale rot I might actually be doing more damage. I've also noticed this very thin brownish line on her belly that starts from the middle down. I'm starting to think it's just some scale damage since I had this branch with very sharp edges (which I already took from her enclosure). She used to climb it and fall several times, I read this is normal. But I guessed she might just be damaging her scales. Also, those brownish scales are only on the top of her body. (I'll try to include pictures). I guess she is only about six months old. I keep her in a 10galon tank with a screen top that i just covered half of it because she is in shed right now. I'll wait and see if there are some changes after her shed. I'm very worried because I don't really know what i did wrong. Her hotspot is about 88 most of the time and her cold spot is in the 80's. I don't think temps are a problem because she digests her food correctly and she doesn't seem stressed at all.
-Omg now that I'm uploading the pictures it looks like I don't care for her. TRUST me I love her so :cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r:ing much.
shes in shed right now.
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