I recently rescued a ball python off Craigslist. The post stated that the snake was a Mojave ball python but unsure of age and that the snake had mild scale rot. I was mostly wanting to rescue to poor thing at this point (I have two others) so I made the drive and picked her (I’m taking their word on that) up. I was told on arrival that she was too sore to touch so that I could not pick her up. The cage she came in was awful. I got her hone and discovered that her belly is much worse looking than “mild scale rot” I’m thinking it’s a thermal burn but would like outside opinions. I removed her from the horrible dusty bedding she was in and have her in a quarantine tank with paper towels on the bottom. I am soaking her each day in a betadine bath as well as putting triple antibiotic ointment on her belly. My question is does anyone know if this is really a burn and am i currently taking the correct course of action? Thank you in advance for your help and reading through this long post!
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