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It's on the left on the pictures, right above the mouth and below the heat pits.

Someone suggested it could be a beginning of mouth rot, so since then I apply polysporin on the wound 2 times a day. The inside of the mouth is clean and pink.

The first picture was taken 2 weeks ago, and the second one today. I'm not a vet or reptile specialist, but the wound doesn't seem to have changed at all in 2 weeks. It doesn't seem to heal or get worse.

What do you guys think?

I have an appointment with a vet next tuesday.

there is an ingridient in polysporin that isnt approved for reptiles, use neosporin or bnph, it is safer for them

what are your temperatures, and humidity levels, do you feed live prey? does your snake have a good temperature gradient across its cage, with more than 1 or 2 hides?
it does look like there is something there, what kind of bedding do you use?, is it poosible a splinter may have lodged there?
reptiles are notorious for not displaying syptoms consistently, i could be the very begining of mouth rot, does your snake have mucos in its mouth, or have you heard it wheezing?

i would recomend you repost this in the reptile health and breeding forum, there are vets and vet techs that are there often, they would know better

it does look like mouth rot from your pics.

I use providone iodine 10% on a swab(q-tip)

thats just generic betadine for a few bucks less.

TomChambers