Hi
I have a burmese python who keeps developing the strangest affliction on his ventral scales. Every time it shows up I think I've found the cause, but it's back again, and I'm out of ideas.
The first time I thought he had scraped himself, so I covered the rough spot I thought to be responsible.
The second time I thought it was the result of a mistake on my part. I had the flu and couldn't clean up his urates/poo immediately. I thought perhaps he had laid in the puddle he made, thereby injuring himself.
Then I was cleaning up a poo a few weeks later and found a different rough spot, covered it, and went over his entire enclosure with some nylon stockings, which didn't reveal any other rough areas.
But it's back... again, though to a lesser extent.
Basically it looks like he skinned his scales. The red spots aren't in between his scales but on them. I often find pieces of scale throughout the enclosure.
Does anyone have any ideas as to what in the world is causing this?
Here are some photos:
First time:
Second time:
After he shed:
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