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violetdixie
at Thu Mar 5 09:40:24 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by violetdixie ]
Just a thought..........
Your hotspot, do you have the heat mat and the light centered on the same spot?
Sometimes those heat mats can get really hot if there is not enought air movement from the bottom to dissipate the heat. I was shocked when I purchased a temp gun, and first found out how hot some of my heat mats were getting!!!!! I think small burns, such as created by a too hot heat mat, could get infected and turn into scale rot. Especially a burn around excessive moisture.
An inexpensive rheostat & temp gun should help you control how hot it's getting.
You may want to change the cage bedding and remove the moist hide until he starts to clear. Direct contact with these moist surfaces will probably aggravate the situation. It's also a good idea to clean the scales off with a rinse, like a Betadine/water soln. A topical anibiotic ointment prob wouldn't hurt either.
You don't have to provide your B.P with direct humidity sources, as there are other options to provide ambient humidity. You can go to Home Depot and buy a piece of plexiglass to cut to fit the top of your tank screen, as i've done with my 40G. The concave area left in those pull-out screens will let a piece of plexi lay inside very nicely. (Hopefully you or someone you know can help you cut it, I tackled the project with some miscellaneous saw I found - Pain in the rear. LOL)
Good luck!
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- Keeled Scales - rantcaseyisgod, Wed Mar 4 20:59:45 2009
 RE: Keeled Scales - violetdixie, Thu Mar 5 09:40:24 2009- RE: Keeled Scales - zippy00_99, Thu Mar 5 10:45:24 2009
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