julespules
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Hello
I'm wondering if anyone could help me identify the issue with my stimson's python's scales.
Does this look like a burn to you? Or scale rot?
How can I help him to recover as soon as possible?
Background: He's approx 4 years old, never had this issue before. I just returned home after about 10 months away, my stimmy has been in the care of my mother over this time. It seems my mum has accidentally unplugged the thermostat, and so his heat mat spot was clocking at around 39C, which may be the cause of this. I'm not sure how long his scales have been like this, my guess is about a month. Apparently he was having trouble shedding around a month ago, so my mum gave him a warm bath and helped his skin off - she said there were no visible problems with his scales then.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, and I'm worried about the little guy!
This is my first post on this forum, but I've benefited greatly from reading others' - thanks for such a great community.
Thanks,
Julia

I'm wondering if anyone could help me identify the issue with my stimson's python's scales.
Does this look like a burn to you? Or scale rot?
How can I help him to recover as soon as possible?
Background: He's approx 4 years old, never had this issue before. I just returned home after about 10 months away, my stimmy has been in the care of my mother over this time. It seems my mum has accidentally unplugged the thermostat, and so his heat mat spot was clocking at around 39C, which may be the cause of this. I'm not sure how long his scales have been like this, my guess is about a month. Apparently he was having trouble shedding around a month ago, so my mum gave him a warm bath and helped his skin off - she said there were no visible problems with his scales then.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, and I'm worried about the little guy!
This is my first post on this forum, but I've benefited greatly from reading others' - thanks for such a great community.
Thanks,
Julia
