Help identifying odd looking scales

[hartge330ci]

Noticed this tonight on one of my snakes only. Looks odd to me. It's not wet and there is no puss coming from the scales. It seems to be in the area where the scales overlap. It's rough to the touch, but just barely. Can someone help?

 

[SERPENTS DEN]

If the substrate was to wet or dirty it could be the start of a bacterial disease or perhaps a minor burn from under substrate heat. Correct the environment and it should clear up in a single shedding.

 

[leaveittoweaver]

It looks to me like the beginning of scale rot?

 

[mgoblue347]

Looks like a minor burn to me

 

[morph evolution]

no scale rot,steve is probably right.it just looks like irration from the substrate.sometimes my b.p's get it once in a while,i just use a very thin layer of bacterial ointment and it goes away rather quick

 

[hartge330ci]

He's on liners in an ars rack. Heat is set same across the rack and none if the other snakes have it. What kind of bacterial ointment should I use?

 

[morph evolution]

triple antibiotic ointment from any walgreens will do.

 

[Ballpythonsnakes]

scale rot! my vet told me to use a little atibiotic ointment(not cream) when one of my snakes had it.

 

[SERPENTS DEN]

Betadine - Povidone-iodine would work fine.

 

[Shadera]

I wouldn't even bother with putting cream on that. Steve suggestions are pretty much exactly what I'd suggest.

Extra clean surroundings until it heals up, and a soak or two if you feel like it in some betadine or chlorhexadine solution.

 

[Focal]

If you do use the triple antibiotic cream, make sure it does NOT have the added pain relief.

 

[leaveittoweaver]

If you do use the triple antibiotic cream, make sure it does NOT have the added pain relief.

This.

And if you do a Betadine soak, make sure you only add the betadine in the water until it looks like tea.

 

[stevek123]

I agree with Steve, a diluted Betadine / Povidone-iodine solution or if you have Chlorahexidine, use a diluted solution.