Sick ball, all outta ideas...........

[mykee]

I noticed about two weeks ago that my male ball python Kane, 7 mos. old, had some loosening of his belly scales. I thought nothing of it and misted his hide a little, a few days later, I noticed what looked like browning of his belly scales, I noticed the differenc eimmediately as he isa an albino. Upon closer inspection, it looks like the outer ends of his scales are rotting. they have brown flecks on the outer rim. Firstly, everything in his environment is up to standard. 2 hides, humidity, size of tank, substrate, water,and so on. I went to the vet, who happens to be an exotics vet (Markham Road Animal Hospital) and he said that he could not figurte it out and is treating him with a 'carpet vaccine' hoping that whatever it was, will clear up. He gave him a dose of invermicine (sp?) a B Complex to stimulate his eating response (as he hasn't eaten in a month) and a take-home dose of Flagyl for three days. I am going back to see him on Thursday, and was wondering if any of you have had any similar experiences of know of what might be wrong. Any help would be greatly appreciated.