Reptile & Amphibian Forums

My BTS seems to have a pretty dry area at the very end of his nose/mouth. It covers about 3-4 scales at the tip of his nose & 2-3 scales on the bottom jaw. It looks a bit blushed or rosey & feels pretty dry. Any suggestions about what may be causing it or if I should do anything about it? I switched him from carpet to aspen about 3 weeks ago & have begun feeding every 3rd day instead of every day or every other day, but other than that nothing's changed. His warm side is around 100 w/ a UTH, cool side around 73, UV bulb above, 30 gallon tank, large water dish & hide areas.
-----
1.0 Reverse Okeetee Corn snake Fuzzy
1.3.0 leos, Yoda, Geo, Tang, Ginger
1.0 Blue Tongue Skink Indigo (Indy)
0.1.1 frogs Buffy the Cricket Slayer, Butrose Butrose Froggy
1.1.4 firebelly newts Wayne Newton, Isaac Newton, Fig Newton, Juice Newton, Olivia Newton John & Helmut Newton
3 Hermit crabs Cletus, Jethro & Bubba
1.1.0 cats Gus & Mena

-Could he be rubbing his face on the inside of his enclosure excessively to get out? (mild nose rub)
-Could it be retained shed?
-Could it be dried food?

Soaking him a few times will probably resolve the later two.

cheers, jess b

I never see him rub, so I don't think it's that. I thought it might be shed, although it's been weeks since he shed last & this is new. It's subsided a bit & isn't as rosey now, but his belly scales are really dry now. Do you think it's a problem w/ the aspen bedding? How often should I be changing it? It's been about 3 weeks & I can't even find his poop in it to scoop it out...
-----
1.0 Reverse Okeetee Corn snake Fuzzy
1.3.0 leos, Yoda, Geo, Tang, Ginger
1.0 Blue Tongue Skink Indigo (Indy)
0.1.1 frogs Buffy the Cricket Slayer, Butrose Butrose Froggy
1.1.4 firebelly newts Wayne Newton, Isaac Newton, Fig Newton, Juice Newton, Olivia Newton John & Helmut Newton
3 Hermit crabs Cletus, Jethro & Bubba
1.1.0 cats Gus & Mena