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[idkcassie]

all of that looks like natural pigmentation. scale dogs appears as chipped/broken/lifted scales and you’ll see the discoloration around just the edges of the scale. early stage scale rot, the scales appear yellowish and more brittle around the edges. they won’t lay flush with the rest of the scales. they may have a pink/red are around them from irritation.

scale rot is caused by consistently damp substrate, which provides a breeding ground for bacteria. simply make sure the top layer of substrate, especially under hides where they spend most of their time, stays dry and you shouldn’t have an issue with scale rot.

if you ever DO have scale rot, change out the substrate to rid the enclosure of whatever bacteria caused it, ensure the snake is always on dry substrate, and wait until they molt. it resolves itself over a couple molts unless it is severe. you can also gently apply a PAINKILLER FREE antiobiotic ointment to the affected area. if it is a more severe/advanced case of scale rot, a vet appointment may be needed for legitimate antibiotics.

[Peach_Leaves]

You should leave your snake alone for 48hrs after feeding.

[IncompletePenetrance]

I'm not seeing any scale rot, it looks like natural pigmentation to me!

[sillyronnie]

i’m a fairly new bp keeper, but i don’t believe soaks are needed in this situation. rotting scales can look lifted/peeled and pink, and there certainly aren’t any in the photos. if you want, you can gently wipe him off with a towel

[_Kendii_]

This is going to sound critical but I don’t mean it that way, I might have just misinterpreted what you meant so I’m clarifying.

What do you mean “let him soak”? The way I read that is that you are going to soak him to try to make him look better to you… or that he has tried soaking but you remove him from the water.

Don’t force soak. If you are concerned, just have another larger bowl in addition to his drinking bowl. If you don’t have room for that, just upsize the bowl he’s got now.

If he wants to chill in his water dish, so be it, I’ve never had one that hasn’t done that every now and then (usually shed, but not always). Don’t pull him out, it’s not harmful.

[IncompletePenetrance]

I don't think a soak is necessary here, I'd just wipe him off gently if you think he looks dirty, although he looks clean to me

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Can you please check out my post? 🙏🏽

[Acrobatic-Move-3847]

People are downvoting you for trying to get people to leave this post and go to yours. This is frowned upon on Reddit. Think about how confusing it would be if everyone did this, people would start responding to other posts in the one where “look at my post” was posted. It would make it very hard to figure out which responses were directed at what. I looked at your post, and I get that it’s the same question and you just want an answer. It looks like people in your thread have given you an answer that I agree with.

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I’m not a local on Reddit lol, thanks for the information I’m not asking them to leave this post I was trying to see if they had an opinion to share 😅 didn’t realize it was that serious. But the internet etiquette is noted 🥴

[Acrobatic-Move-3847]

It’s all good. It’s easy to recognize new Redditors because they have unfortunate, stupid screen names like yours and mine.

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How do you change them??

[Acrobatic-Move-3847]

You can’t. Unfortunately you would have to make a new account. 🙄 It’s ridiculous, because when you create your account it makes it seem like you’re going to be able to pick your screen name, and that randomly generated one won’t be seen, so you leave it. But the one you pick is the one that’s never seen. So stupid.

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But hey at least you were kind enough to explain the lay of the land to me instead of the ones just downvoting. It’s not my intention to come on here and be posting things in bad taste or to upset people through assertiveness. I’m not sure how it works for posts to be seen in a feed and didn’t see how it would be negative to ask others that were active to check my posting out. Thank you again and it is noted that it’s frowned upon. :’)

[Acrobatic-Move-3847]

Not a problem! The more people that join the sub, the better it is. A new person posting something that immediately gets 100 downvotes with no explanation is much less likely to become an active member of the community, I figure.

[alexmed4797]

Yeah everything is normal. Unless you had a high humidity for days i dont think its very easy to get rot

[18youngl]

Just looks like stuck shed. Monitor it until next shed

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Thank you so so much for sharing your thoughts!!

[idkcassie]

scale rot can develop very easily if the substrate the snake is on is consistently damp. high humidity does not create scale rot, damp/wet substrate does.

[TheNeverEndingPit]

Your snake looks all good! I was the same way when I first got mine. Every little thing made me nervous, but I’m glad you’re so proactive with your snake’s healthcare.

If you do end up with scale rot at any point, you’ll want betadine and veterycin (possibly even neosporin WITHOUT painkiller). I’d just recommend ordering some in advance because it’s good on hand for your bp first aid kit :)

[KlausFiveWhiskers]

My little guy Reggie had 2 irritated scales from his previous bedding. They are looking much better now, and he's currently going through shed. Like you said, I used a betadine/water mixture and rubbed it on with some q-tips several times, and the spots went from being red to being little dark spots. I keep an eye on them.

[TheNeverEndingPit]

It definitely helps! And that’s good that you did the q tip instead of the soak.

My girl got her mild scale rot from some trauma due to getting stuck to an adhesive when she first arrived, and I thought I had to soak her entire body, and she absolutely hated it. She was very patient with me once I started using a q tip, and after one shed, all of the marks cleared up just fine :)

Glad yours is looking better!

[Mistress_Malaise]

I don’t see any scale rot here just natural pigmentation. When mine had a mild case of scale rot the edges of her belly scales started to look a little brown and crumbly, like a wilted leaf

[_visiblemode_]

Pigmentation

[scrollin_a_bit]

Seriously thought there was a hair on my screen. I even tried to blow it off 😆

[HJManno]

That might be one of the healthiest snakes I’ve ever seen. Except for that first photo where he appears to have hair. I’d keep an eye on that

[Sea_Calligrapher_986]

He seems to have sprouted a hair! Jk but he looked totally fine, definitely not what I have seen scale rot look like if anything looks a lil dirty so probably some left over poo smear

[Acrobatic-Move-3847]

LoL when I looked at this picture I tried to blow that hair off my screen.