Cut/abrasion help?

youngster · 10-19-11, 09:37 PM

Today when I was spot cleaning I noticed a cut/abrasion on my corn snake. I dunno if it's just a crappy shed or something worse. So I figured I'd ask you guys. I've been researching scale rot and other things and I'm fairly positive it's not that. Could it just be a cut from something in her enclosure? Her temps and everything else is fine. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

infernalis · 10-19-11, 09:52 PM

the skin under the scales is not even broken, nothing to worry about, except finding what your snake rubbed up against.

alessia55 · 10-19-11, 09:55 PM

It doesn't look like a cut or an abrasion. It looks like he rubbed against something and it lifted a bit of old skin or it was some retained skin from a shed.

youngster · 10-19-11, 10:00 PM

Alright I wasn't too concerned just figured I would make sure. To be honest it looks a little worse IRL but I'll just keep an eye on it to make sure it doesn't get worse. I think there's two possible options that she could have rubbed up against.

The vents which you can see in this picture.

Or the bulb guard I made out of wire mesh which looks like the one in this guide
How to make a bulb guard

I'm thinking more towards the vents. Any thoughts?

**millertime89** · 10-19-11, 10:28 PM

the vents would be my guess, you would be surprised how sharp those edges can be.

spots · 10-19-11, 10:35 PM

Nice looking Viv. Did you build this?

youngster · 10-19-11, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by spots

Nice looking Viv. Did you build this?

Yup me and my dad built it. It's pretty awesome

I'm gonna post a thread sometime with pics of it.