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So, I had mentioned that Oliver was having some issues shedding... i finally found all of his skin inside his hide, so I thoroughly cleaned out his tank while he enjoyed a warm bath. I had reptibark in there before, but I ended up getting aspen bedding for this time around... This was 2 days ago that I cleaned everything.

He has since then, been hanging out on the cool side a lot, sometimes in his water dish, I thought he might have been either too warm or hungry. I got a larger mouse tonight and went to feed him and he started lifting up the middle of his body when he was trying to move (Imagine the bell curve back in college.... or high school, that's exactly what it looked like)

Upon looking him over, I noticed that his belly was a darker pink and it looked like he had sliced himself a little bit... It looks inflamed and ouchy looking. I snapped a few pictures, didn't have time to resize them to upload on kingsnake, so I put them on my photobucket for now.

What do I need to do? I'm not gonna worry about feeding him because obviously he's not too hungry. I weighed him yesterday and he was 454g......I'm more concerned about this strange "wound" on his belly...........

.......please help!!!

Teri

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WOW...from the small part of his belly I can see in the arch, it looks like a severe case of scale rot or possibly a burn. Not sure without being able to see a better belly shot. Normal cases of scale rot can be treated with excessive cleanliness and triple antibiotic oientment once a day. Severe cases need a good vet. See if you can get some good belly shots up.
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There is a belly shot in there....if you hit the arrow on the top right side of the window, there's a couple of pictures there, click on those and t here's the belly shot pictures..... let me know if you get them.
Teri
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