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Last night I was holding my White lip python. I noticed there was some red colored irritation on his underside on a series of scales. It only lasts for about 4 inches, and the rest of his subcaudal scales are perfectly white. I bought this white lip WC from LLL. I understand that buying WC is playing with fire, but Im prepared to take this to the vet if necesarry. I included a photograph, and Ill probably post this in another forum to generate more feedback. Im pretty worried about my white lip. The photo is pretty dark, bad camera.

Does this look like dermetitis? I keep her really humid, 80-90% most of the time. She just went to the bathroom so Ill collect that for a sample. She just fed two days ago. I dont know how I missed this, but it seemed like it came out of no where. Is this a parasite?
I thank ANYONE who is willing to help!!
god bless.

The humidity you are keeping your snake at is way higher than it needs to be. 60% is fine for a WLP, just raise it up when you see the snake going in to shed. This is just my opinion judging from what I see in the pic.
Eli

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Alright killer- thats easier than parasites. I have a blood that used to get a small amount of dermititus. It was more dark, rusty colored. My white lip's scales are very pinkish in color which is why I thought it might be something more than regular scale rot. Well I have polysporin, so Ill use that. But how can I use batadine if Im trying to keep her out of water? I have plently of betadine. Its very difficult to keep a high humidity in a cage, without having the substrate wet.
Thanks a TON guys- Im relieved. Of all my 8 pythons shes probably my favorite. Shes also easily the smartest, and the most vocal.
-john-

Hi,

well looks like blisters to me to. You should reduce himidity to 70% (without the substrate beeing wet all the time!!!!) and what about heat pads? Do you use one of these? Just check if it isn't to hot on the spot. What about the branches? Could it be sharp edges somewhere? This could also be an skin irritation (?). Usually you see this red color prior to shed ( about a week before you would normally see it, but then its all over the ventrals).

I do not agree with humidity at 60% level is enough. No way! Over a longer period of time you'll kill your wlp and he will perhaps lay in the water bowl all the time. They do dehydrate very fast.

sorry, I'm in hurry...

cheers,
wulf
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Just above heating. No mats. Thanks for the help wulf- I realise your the guy to talk to about white lips. In fact we have talked! I put polysporin on the infected area, and Im trying to control the humidity. Its pretty tough (controlling humidity) because she has a pretty big Vision cage, about 4ft long. Thanks-
john
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Hi,
ok, so it was not the heat...
It shouldn't be to hard to control humidity in a 4 ft cage. I have woodens cage 5 x 2 x 3 ft and heat comes from above. I mist twice a day (in the morning and in the evening). A large water bowl is provided.
What you can do is provide a hide box with damp moss. I use a large tupperware box (made a hole in it) with damp moss. I check the moss every 2nd day.

cheers,
wulf
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I've seen this before. I think the snake was wet and then sat/set
itself over a heat source. Do you have uth or worse, hot rocks?
When my wlps got it, I left one bowl of water at the far end. I put extra newspaper over the hot spot and just waited. The snake will shed out of it ,but you might have a little bit of scarring depending on how bad the burn is. Definitly check the hot spot. You'll probably be a little shocked to see how hot it is. Hope this helps, I also like the D'alberts the best. -Rich

Hi. Firstly, I dont use under tank heaters or pig blankets. The only heat is from above. lamp must be 100 watts, its a regular bulb. WIth vision cages, the dome is set in such a way that it doesnt allow the cage get very bright. I normally use infra red but its dim, im not worried about stressing the snake. Anyway, her hidebox is directly underneath the 100watt bulb, and ive seen her go on top of the hidebox before. I felt the hidebox to see if it was hot, but its actually not warm enough to do any kind of burning. I cant see how this guy was burned? Interesting..
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