notusuallyworried
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I don't have a camera, so I can't take a picture of what I THINK may be scale rot. After my corn's last shed, I noticed little brown lines by, and sometimes in between his belly scales. Also, the tip of his tail still has the skin on (although I have read how to take care of that and will be doing that now).
Can someone link me to a picture of what scale rot looks like (please nothing extreme, I don't want to vomit, lol)? I'd like to confirm before I go treating him for something he doesn't have.
Also, if it IS scale rot, I have heard I should completely remove the substrate, and replace with something like paper towel. Along with this, treat the area with neosporin (would bactitracin work? it's a purer version of neosporin), is that correct?
And as a final, what causes scale rot?
Thanks a lot. I've been looking online all day (just noticed it today), and am really worried about my little guy. I've had him for 2 years (rescued him from someone who was just going to ditch him, he's about 7 years old, 5.5 feet long), and hate to see anything wrong with the poor guy...
Can someone link me to a picture of what scale rot looks like (please nothing extreme, I don't want to vomit, lol)? I'd like to confirm before I go treating him for something he doesn't have.
Also, if it IS scale rot, I have heard I should completely remove the substrate, and replace with something like paper towel. Along with this, treat the area with neosporin (would bactitracin work? it's a purer version of neosporin), is that correct?
And as a final, what causes scale rot?
Thanks a lot. I've been looking online all day (just noticed it today), and am really worried about my little guy. I've had him for 2 years (rescued him from someone who was just going to ditch him, he's about 7 years old, 5.5 feet long), and hate to see anything wrong with the poor guy...