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I have an albino ball python who is finicky eater, today I went to checked on him when I was suppose to feed him and I noticed his belly was rotting pink ? Does anybody what this is and what caused it??

looks like a really bad case of scale rot. have you noticed him/her soaking in his or her water bowl for long periods of time? what is your temp at?

I did see him in a bowl of water one day for a couple of hours? So what do i have to do?

Thats a really bad case of scale rot, or the heat went to high and burnt him. Take him to the vet ASAP he runs a very high risk of infection with that amount of exposed flesh.
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Sloan Reptiles
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That is not from a little soaking. It looks like a full on infected burn. How are you heating the animal? What are you using for bedding?
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Evan Stahl Reptiles
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inside his hide box, its 94.2 degrees, I only have him on a newspaper as a substrate. He's pain in the butt when it comes to eating.

a heated pad that stick under the glass.

either it is hotter than that or there is more to the story. that belly is badly hurt, will take a lot of time and work to fix and heal and he will always have a big scar.
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Evan Stahl Reptiles
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thatis too hot but not hot enough to burn him
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Evan Stahl Reptiles
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i think him feeding would be the least of youre worries at this point i seriously doubt he will eat in the condition hes in.i dont see how this was not noticed before it got to this point! i would go to the vet! ASAP.

is your heating pad on any kind of control device. Mine was tested before I put it on a thermostat and it got up to 119 degrees. If there is nothing there to control the temp, it could have burned him easily. (especially without a good layer of newspaper) I agree take him to the vet.
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Many years ago someone brought a ball python to me with this type of burn. I immediately recognized the situation was more than I could handle and I urged them to take the animal to a vet. They did take it to a vet, but the snake did not survive the burn. This kind of thermal burn actually "cooks" the internal organs.

It's so important to have any heat source you use regulated by a thermostat or even a dimmer switch to ensure this does not happen to your animals.

Susan
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I agree with the other posters. If you are using an under tank heater without a thermostat, you are cooking him. Even though the ambient temperature may by 95 degrees, the temperature of the glass and substrate can get MUCH hotter. You either need to add more substrate in between the glass and the animal to prevent the animal from getting close to the heat source to purchase a thermostat to use.

And PLEASE take him to a vet.
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Is 94F an ambient temp? An air temp? How are you measuring it? What is the surface temp on the bottom of the cage above the heat pad?

Sure looks like a thermal burn. Clarifying whether your temp measurement is an air temp or surface temp would offer great insight.
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