4 y/o male bp. other wise healthy snake, has been having some shedding issues. It has happened in the past where his tail tip becoms very raw and red/bleeds sometimes and what i would call "whole scales come off" revealing a white underlying 'tissue'. I have taken him to the vet in the past for this and we given SSD cream (SDD cream cant remember) and put him on Baytril IM injections. That was about a year ago. He got better, started eatting more (but the weather was warming up and that might have helped being that he always eats less in the winter.) Anyways, THIS time the scales on his back (dorsal) are dry and flakey after his last shed and heh as a very small heat blister from sitting on his undertank heat pad all week. I turned the heat pad down and put some towels on top of to to keep him from burning himself. He is still active (more now that i have turned the heat down surprisingly) is well hydrated, i have been soaking him to see if that would help but the scales look to be damaged. triple antibiotic topical (without the pain killer) has been going on the heat blister, SSD on the tail and just reciently on his back. Any idea what would cause the dryness or what else i could do to help him get better? Let me know if you might need more info. PS he's in a 40 gal, kept now at about 75-80 degrees (maybe lower), reptile carpet, fresh water, hide rock and cork bark.

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• Scale/general health issues - GoodyToShoos, Mon Mar 12 08:53:24 2007