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Spot on my cornsnakes tail!!

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cleothesnake

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I have no idea what this is.
The last time I posted here it was because I took this sweetheart in.

Here's what happened. I went back to my mothers house over the Christmas holidays so my father was taking care of my snake at his house. Last Wednesday I received her back at my place (to which I left her alone for a few days to settle). I handled her for about 15 minutes after a few days (I wasn't sure how often she was handled by my dad if at all). Today I took her out to feed, and as I was putting her back I noticed a spot on her tail. It actually looks like more of a hole.
I didn't want to handle her after feeding her but I took a few pictures and then put her back in her viv.

They are bad photos, but I can bug her tomorrow if I should take more.
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No flash You can really see the indentation here.
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Underside (I know bad bad quality) but you can make out the blackish discolouration.

I am posting here tonight and planning to talk to my father tomorrow see if he noticed anything strange with her. Then likely a vet.

I have no idea the tank temperature (I know bad owner). If anything its probably too cool (it is a heating pad under the glass - ten years she's been using it- I should get a temperature gage I know feel free to link me).
She was hanging out on the cool side of her tank today which is pretty unusual but I brushed it. However she is back to the warm side now. I don't have information about her last shed when she with my dad. Perhaps its a piece of stuck shed?

She eats frozen, and ate no problem today. She pooped fine this week, and wasn't off in temperament either times I held her. Still very curious and crawling every were.

The only other thing I can think of it being is blister disease. :/

Please give me a hand with this!
 
It's hard to tell from the pictures, but it looks like some sort of injury or abscess that popped. It could be a burn, but it is strange that it would only be there. You really need to regulate the heat pad though, ten years or not.

Personally, I don't think this requires veterinary attention at this point. I would just keep the area clean and watch her. It will probably take a few sheds to start healing.
 
To me it looks like a missing scale. My snow corn has very similar places that are actually scars from a terrible skin infection. It looks just like those scars.

Do you feed live? Could be a bite. That's what started my poor girl's skin infection before I got her.
 
I would put a dab of antibiotic ointment on it, a couple days in a row, and see what happens.
 
It might be a hot spot in the heating pad caused a burn I recently removed one that was on my BP's tank when we got him because it was registering as dead where my probe was-but in actuality, some parts were dead and others were very, very hot. The fact that she's hanging out on the cold side makes me wonder if her hot spot is now uncomfortable to her.
 
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