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On tuesday of last week I noticed two small blisters on one of my spotted pythons, By friday it had progressed to several blisters, and now im noticing a few on one of my gray ratsnakes. the blisters are full of a white pus, my first thought was blister disease, but they are kept on newspaper and dry, and from what i understand blister diesease comes from being to wet. the room is at a constant 82 degrees, with no additional heat for the gray rat, and heat tape on the spotted with the warm end of the cage at 90 degrees. does anyone know what this may be and how i can treat it?

This is very odd. The two most common causes popped to mind, but you've ruled them out; too wet or burns. If you are confident that these conditions were never present, then it is something else. Have the cages always been reasonably clean? Any history of mite infestations? Are these wild caught animals?

If there are no obvious causes after a bit of investigative work, then you need to get a little more detailed with proper diagnostics via a vet. The first they they might want to do is to look at (and probably culture) the material within the blisters. Bacteria, parasites, or fungus present? Blood work will hopefully tell you how this is affecting the snake systemically.

Let us know when you find out more, and good luck

Ian