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Since I can't post pics on here just yet but would like to see if any of you may understand what I mean after I explain just in case any of you had a similar problem in the past.
Anyway my male WS brooksi have 3 light tanish on the upper side on his scales (like a small sizes). It does feel lightly crusty feeling to it. And no there is no mites in my collection and I do clean the tubs once it poop it always cleaned while it's fresh. I never have the tubs moist and hardly ever so it's not a blister. What do you guys think what I mean? Ah also when I first saw one on him and I was messing around with it and I ended up peeled it off with ease so I thought it was a dot piece of old stuch shed but it came back within the same spot plus 2 more on others. So yeah I am worried like everyone would be. Thanks.

This happened to a 4' Eastern female back in March at the nature center I work at. The outer surfaces of her scales were pealing off and leaving "matte" finish scales behind. After talking to a few herp friends, the collected thought was that the snake was too dry. It lives in a 120 tank with orchid bark substrate. So to fix this, I mixed in several bricks of fine "Eco Earth" bricks into the bark. This seemed to do the trick, as it kept the whole substrate more humid to prevent drying, yet not too humid to encourage blister disease. I have read that the eastern ranging kings like moist places sometimes and as we know, they seem to forget that they have a water dish to soak in to rehydrate. The snake at the nature center has had no more problems, and her next shed was perfect and her scales continue to have that nice silky sheen. I had never seen it before ether, but it happens. Hope this helps!
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0.1 Bull- Northern
1.0 Bull- TX Red
0.1 Bull- KS Yellow
1.1 Bulls- Red X Yellow
1.0 Bull- Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
1.1 Pines- Carolina Northerns (M from NC, F from SC)
1.1 Ratsnakes- Black, Henderson Co. NC
1.1 Kings- Black Easterns (L.g.nigra) Todd Co. KY
1.2 Kings- Coastal CA
1.1 Kings- NC Eastern Chain (M from Union Co. & F from Mecklenburg Co.)
1.1 Kings- Gray Banded 'Blair's'
1.1 Kings- Speckled, Harris Co. TX
1.0 Boa- Hogg Island
1.2 Pythons- Ball

This makes sense and he doesn't soak. I rather hear this and hopefully that what it is on my king. Rather than illness leading to death. Thanks.

Just to mention that he sheds perfect since hatchling.

Good, so if he is on newspaper, you could also just mist his tub every two days to add some moisture. Glad I ran into this before you so I could pass it along. Forums like this are great
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0.1 Bull- Northern
1.0 Bull- TX Red
0.1 Bull- KS Yellow
1.1 Bulls- Red X Yellow
1.0 Bull- Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
1.1 Pines- Carolina Northerns (M from NC, F from SC)
1.1 Ratsnakes- Black, Henderson Co. NC
1.1 Kings- Black Easterns (L.g.nigra) Todd Co. KY
1.2 Kings- Coastal CA
1.1 Kings- NC Eastern Chains (M from Union Co. & F from Mecklenburg Co.)
1.1 Kings- Gray Banded 'Blair's'
1.1 Kings- Speckled, Harris Co. TX
1.0 Boa- Hogg Island
1.2 Pythons- Ball

I wouldn't worry much -- in my expereince, "dry scales" here and there on a snake always seem to resolve by themselves. It could be related to low humidity, so it might be a good to provide a moist hid, like a dark container half filled with well-squeezed moist (not wet) sphagnum moss. Also make sure the water bowl is well-filled with clean water at all times. After a shed or two, the snake should be good as new.

Tom