help my coastal carpet python is sick

[Kylec]

pandora's about 1.5 yrs old and has been a dream pet how ever after going to fed her today i was horrified to discover she has turned white its kind of like a chalky texture but reminds me of a fungal / bacterial skin (scale) infection the first two photos are current pictures of her and the third is her healthy pic please help.........

 

[Wrightpython]

It looks like powdery mildew .
Couple of need to knows.
What temp?
Obviously she just shed what is humidity like?
What are her reactions etc like is she acting normal?
Does it come off when you rub it?

 

[JAS101]

its not poo is it , go see if it will wipe off .

 

[Kylec]

temps been round 26 - 28
i dont have any way off measuring the humidity but its been pretty muggy for the last week
she has been acting normally even had her fed today (fuzzy rat)
yes it does wash off but i just noticed that she is making a slight sneezing sound as well...
should i be worried or just wash her n stress less

 

[Wrightpython]

put heat up to 31 degrees at least in hot area and air out cage as much as possible it sounds like the humidity has caused a fungal growth on her new skin. I would give her a luke warm bath and dry off with towel and see if it gets washed off, if it does i would put her in a pillow case for a few hours to give you time to air out and dry her enclosure. i have heard off animals getting problems from wetish enclosures but never from dry ones. What sort of substrate do you have?

 

[Kylec]

three quarters sand an the rest is rough bark

ok so after taking her for a bath/swim i was most happy that it had washed off... untill i dried her and noticed that some still stayed there....

 

[whyme]

its not poo is it , go see if it will wipe off .

+1

 

[Renenet]

This might be a really obvious question, but did she have a complete shed?

 

[jacks-pythons]

looks like poo. my bredli did it and i had a look but it was just poo. will come off with a wash.

 

[notechistiger]

Looks like calcium powder or poo. 28C is too cold, and may be why she's wheezing.

 

[Specks]

looks like she shat on herself

 

[Khagan]

Yeah, it has just rubbed its head all over a urate while shedding by the looks of it lol.

 

[Bel03]

Do u have a uv bulb in the enclosure at all? I ask because a mate of mine was told he needed uv for his coastal & after just a week, he too went really white & flaky looking like your pics.......i assumed it was some kind of skin burn or irritation from the uv, which he has since got rid of. This was a week ago, the white has slowly faded but he is booked in at the vet for next wednesday, if he gets any answers, i will let you know.

 

[Beard]

its not poo is it , go see if it will wipe off .

First thought too.

 

[Pythoninfinite]

Looks like urates. It'll wipe off with a damp cloth.

Jamie

 

[PythonLegs]

temps been round 26 - 28
i dont have any way off measuring the humidity but its been pretty muggy for the last week

Mate, you really shouldn't have her at room temperature unless she's outside and can get to some sun.

 

[Kylec]

after the first wash the majority came off she looked all clean while wet but when dried it came back (only in the worst affected areas which is her head and around the eyes) after some advice from the vet ive gone and got some betadine but before i apply this to pandora's head (even heavily watered down) i want some advice from other snake owners as to whether or not to apply this to my snake as i would hate to put her through any pain or potentiality blind her or mess with her sensory pits and she had a uv lamp which blew a fortnight ago but as she is indigenous to my local area i havint worried to much (feeling very guilty right about now)

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ok so a watered down solution is safe to use if anyone was also curious
also effective against mites

well i put her in a plastic box with 50 millimetres of water in the bottom waited 5 minutes (with lid on) so she could drink what she would drink then added the betadine and gave her a 15 minute swim in the solution and she is looking better will let you's all know hhow the infection is looking after i dry her off (as she is still in there now) if anyone has some advice please let me know.....

good scrub and dry and pandora looks back to normal but weezing worse than ever one win and one lose well hope she's better in the mornin but i dont think ill let her out of my sight till bed time