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there always seems to be people posting here so with that said...has any one ever seen this? this is my leucistic rat (no one seems to be aorund in that forum and if i need to take a trip to the drug store i want to go ASAP before they close). this literally happened over night. its not from heat as he is nto belly heated. ive had him several months with no problems. he is an aweosme little pissy rat. can anyone give me some ideas? there is no oozing or anything either. he seems to be ok. he is kept on newspaper just like evertying thing else i have. i notcied he had urates in his tub so i went to get him out so i could clean and he was under the newspaper on the bare tub but again he isnt belly heated. help?

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Thanks,
Dave

1.0 Leucistic rat
0.2 Norm Ball Python
1.0 Pastel Ball Python
0.1 Norm BCI
1.0 hypo X hog (sunset cross)
1.1 Anery 66% het stripped snow BCI

that before. I hope someone who has will answer this. I don't know what scale rot looks like, but it certainly looks like an infection. If heat isn't the problem, is it too damp on the floor of the cage?

If you can't get him to the vet, I can only suggest to try one of two things, triple antibiotic or anti-fungal cream. Try one for a few days, if it gets worse, try the other.

If neither work, perhaps someone can give better advice. Though a vet is the best advice, with the fastest results, that I can give.
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Delusions of Grandeur feed the EGO...

the news paper was dry as a bone. the moment i notcie wet/damp bedding i change is ASAP. im going to get some polysporin(sp?) and betadine. gonna try the betadine first.

Thanks!!!!

there always seems to be people posting here so with that said...has any one ever seen this? this is my leucistic rat (no one seems to be aorund in that forum and if i need to take a trip to the drug store i want to go ASAP before they close). this literally happened over night. its not from heat as he is nto belly heated. ive had him several months with no problems. he is an aweosme little pissy rat. can anyone give me some ideas? there is no oozing or anything either. he seems to be ok. he is kept on newspaper just like evertying thing else i have. i notcied he had urates in his tub so i went to get him out so i could clean and he was under the newspaper on the bare tub but again he isnt belly heated. help?
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Andy
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hello, you said he was not belly heated...but whatever your heat source is that is what must have caused it....It really looks like a burn. Maybe you are useing lighting and he was up close to it. Neosporin, and betadine washes should help...Let us know, Andy

there always seems to be people posting here so with that said...has any one ever seen this? this is my leucistic rat (no one seems to be aorund in that forum and if i need to take a trip to the drug store i want to go ASAP before they close). this literally happened over night. its not from heat as he is nto belly heated. ive had him several months with no problems. he is an aweosme little pissy rat. can anyone give me some ideas? there is no oozing or anything either. he seems to be ok. he is kept on newspaper just like evertying thing else i have. i notcied he had urates in his tub so i went to get him out so i could clean and he was under the newspaper on the bare tub but again he isnt belly heated. help?
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my room has been avg 84-86 durning the day and 75 at night. i havnt used a lamp or anything with him this past week what so ever. there is no way this could be a brun i just bought a triple antibiotic. going to use that and make a call to the vet.
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Thanks,
Dave

1.0 Leucistic rat
0.2 Norm Ball Python
1.0 Pastel Ball Python
0.1 Norm BCI
1.0 hypo X hog (sunset cross)
1.1 Anery 66% het stripped snow BCI

Looks like blistering from skin irritation. The triple antibiotic ointment should do the trick on healing it up.

Good luck.
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Randall L Turner Jr.
Boas make the world go round.

i just got off the phone with my vet and was told to do soaks with distilled water for 20 mins. put on the ointment then put him on papertowels over night. so im hoping you and the vet are right!
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Thanks,
Dave

1.0 Leucistic rat
0.2 Norm Ball Python
1.0 Pastel Ball Python
0.1 Norm BCI
1.0 hypo X hog (sunset cross)
1.1 Anery 66% het stripped snow BCI

I've seen that same problem in my boas... or at least it looks like the same. Generally it's due to humid substrate and low temperatures. Deffinitively scale rot or blister desease. I have doing with enrofloxacine (5mg/kg per 10 days) and after the scales fell off, I use paper towels damped with yododovidone and neosporin or something like that directly on the affected skin. The snake will be shedding very frequently (up to once every 3 weeks) to regenerate the scales.

his substrate is newpaper. he hasnt been soaking and i change the damp/wet news paper as soon as i see its damp/wet which i can rule out the last 72 hours for sure! hopefully the soaks and ointment will work!
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Thanks,
Dave

1.0 Leucistic rat
0.2 Norm Ball Python
1.0 Pastel Ball Python
0.1 Norm BCI
1.0 hypo X hog (sunset cross)
1.1 Anery 66% het stripped snow BCI

hello my friend. I have been breeding colubrids for the last ten years . I'm pretty sure that is scale rot from excessive moisture in his enclosure. Especially since you said you use newspaper. Completely disinfect his enclosure, take out his water dish(im assuming its big enough for him to soak in)and replace with a very small bowl of fresh water, one thats small enough where he cannot get his body into but he can only drink from it. If he knocks it over, take the water out all together and offer it once a day or every other day for a little while. Use fresh aspen for a few sheds until he sheds out the bad scales. The infection should dry up without really needing to treat it with anything. Thats one of the very few downfalls I found with using newspaper. I kept 150 or so adult corns at a time and never had that problem with aspen. To cut costs and keep the wife off of my back(from tracking aspen throughout the house) I switched over to newspaper. You have to be very very clean with it, and change it immediately when the snake deficates or urinates. Best of luck and I hope I helped you some. Mike Panichi
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honesty is my only policy

Those look like burns to me, does he have access to heat of any kind? That really looks like a burn, even has blisters, could be water blisters too I guess. But still looks like it was caused from a burn. Good luck with him/her
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