Scale rot??? HELP!
Hello all,
Today I purchased a baby Mexican Black King! At the show, I held it and inspected it briefly... this was a mistake. When I got it home, I noticed that it appeared to have a bunch of scales that were raised oddly. I immediately realized that the snake had mites. Upon further inspection, I actually found a few mites on the snake. So I do some research on mite removal and decide the first step was to soak the snake. While soaking the snake, I noticed something else kind of weird. I noticed that around the cloaca, the scales had a strange color to them. I know MBKs can have some white speckling as babies, but this looked a little different. I tried to get as many good pictures as possible, but it is still kind of hard to tell what it is. My thought is some kind of infection (scale rot possibly?), or just abnormal colored "white" speckles.
Any ideas from more experienced keepers? Also, if anyone has any tips on snake mites, I would love to hear those as well. I have quarantined him from my other animals as as precaution of course. I have him on paper towels and just a hide and water bowl in his cage.
Obviously I am not very happy about this situation, but as of now I am just worried about the snake and the rest of my collection.
Thanks,
Andrew
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