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Question about Scale rot

Well, the simplest, and most basic, explanation of scale rot is that it is a type of dermal infection. The most likely cause is poor husbandry - primarily dirty or wet conditions. It starts out as a reddened area, usually on the belly or low on the side, then progresses to skin/scale breakdown at the affected area, and, later, blisters that form both on the affected area and randomly across the body surface (often, dirty and very dry conditions will often cause only breakdown...sometimes called dry rot; very wet, or dirty and damp conditions will most frequently blister {this can also happen in unclean environments at moderate humidity levels, even if the substrate does not seem to be damp}. this is sometimes called blister disease) Once the integrity of the skin/scale is disrupted, it becomes an easy avenue for infection (bacteria thrive in a warm, wet environment).
**It should be noted that scale rot (aka necrotizing dermatitis) often closely resembles some symptoms of septicemia**

When discovered in the early stages, the treatment is as simple as correcting the husbandry (clean, dry environment, possibly with some temperature adjustment). As the problem progresses, treatment becomes more involved and frequently requires antibiotic therapy. Once the conditions and infection are resolved, a couple of sheds usually clear the damage.

I am sure that there are some decent photos online, but I spent my available time on the explanation :) . Duty calls
 
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Two of my snakes got it and i think it was due to damp bedding, so i switched all my snakes over to paper towel, and cleaned out their cages real well. Is there anything i can do other then that to treat the wounds, i had heard that you can put neosporin on the infected spot.. ( not the pain reliever one) to help aid the healing.. the infection on my snakes, was two marks under their chins. After i changed the bedding over to paper towel.. one snake shed and it cleared up real well. only looks alittle pink. the other snake hasnt shed yet.. But they both have eatin two meals since i noticed it.
Michelle
 
Hmmm - I had pretty much completed my response when I got distracted...now I can't find it. Figures.
I do recall (now that you have reminded me) those pics - that was kind of a strange place for this to develop, especially on two different snakes. By any chance, did they have troublesome sheds that left skin in that area? Or might there be something that they are resting on that could be part of the equation? I am asking these questions so we might come to some conclusion about why this occurred - again, "scale rot" would usually first appear on the larger, broader belly scales where moisture and bacteria can accumulate and cause irritation/breakdown.
 
I was using cypress bedding, and coconut bark. but mostly cypress. I had and still have a water bowl, and a hide for each snake. I was checking there mouths and those close fine and are clean. The one snake that did shed, shed the skin fine on that area and this is what it had looked like before the shed.
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I was putting neosporin on her chin, so i dont know if that helped it shed better, or heal quicker.

The second snake hasnt shed yet. but i have been putting it on his chin to, and it seems to have cleared up in the sense that it isnt so red.. its more like healing scab look... but this is a pic of what it did look like..

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hopefully those two images show.. i dont know that im useing the right links.. if not ill repost them
 
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What I meant was, did they have a troublesome shed before the problem.
 
No they shed fine before. I have most of there shedds hanging up on a wall to see how much they grow. lol On occasion i get a missing head piece.. but more recently they had been fine. The first photo is annabell and this shed wasnt her best, she had a dorsal strip left behind. but it came off easily. but her head eyes, and everything else was fine.
 
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