Quote Originally Posted by Armiyana View Post
It doesn't look like scale rot to me, but definitely some other kind of injury that should be seen by a vet.
The way that the scales are bulged up that way and the discoloration is not normal at all. Even if she wedged herself a weird way in her box. Although... I am curious you say that there was a minor wound due to this? How was she shipped to you?

It almost looks like there's a fluid or buildup in there...so I would consider seeing if the vet can lance the area and send the contents to a lab for testing. That way you can target the particular strain of whatever nasty is causing it.
The vet may also have to drain each area separately since reptiles don't quite heal the same way that we do and they can solidify an infection into a solid mass instead of breaking it down or naturally draining from the area.
She was send in a normal bag in a padded box setup, the box was just too small. It was also rectangular and she wedged herself down in the short end. The minor injury is just a small rub/scrape. I have one vet that accept exotics near me but I have not had great experiences with them, in fact I have had overwhelmingly poor experiences with them. I will see if there is one further out I may be able to take her to.

If anyone else has seen this odd presentation, please chime in! It looks like new scales might be trying to form on two of the three spots so I am curious if the tight squeeze and her weight may be more to blame here than any injury or infection though I am certainly not discounting that possibility.

There are no hard nodules, no heat to the skin, and the skin is not tight as if swollen. It honestly looks and feels more like a little snakey fat roll if I had to try and describe the tension level and texture.