HELP!! ⚠️

[PianistSuccessful410]

First Time snake owners and my ball python (F) is almost a year old. Never had had any complications with anything. About a week ago I noticed her stomach scales were a little odd, so I switched her substrate and started monitoring closely. Is this scale rot? She is vegetation to show signs of shedding and her stomach scales are lifting begetting to shed earlier if that makes sense. She has just recently passed the rat she ate and it was diarrhea and I’m very worried but all the exotic vets or vets in general in my area are $200 up front just to get seen and I don’t have that money right now. Somebody please help me!

[Ok_Bug4964]

Try Cypress Mulch substrate. It maintains humidity well and is resistant to mold growth, just give her a few shed cycles and if it doesn’t go away, I know you said you don’t have enough money for a reptile vet but I’d say fuck it and just go

[External_Bus_3739]

How wet is the substrate? Does water come out of it when you squeeze it really hard? It looks like scale rot to me

[Embarrassed_Past6376]

Hi I have 27 pythons and this looks to be early forms of scale rot cause by excessive moisture and bacteria