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 #1742889


Malaysian sensatin
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 Please help, answer! thnx

hey everyone, i have a brazilian rainbow boa in shed, hes about 3 and a half feet long. he is in a RUB with cyprus mulch, big water dish, spagnum moss humidity is a constant 80- 95 percent.

the this is that he has scale rot and it is getting worse im not quite sure what to do, since he needs the humidity can anyone please help. i know they are less prone to it then most snakes but he definately has it. thnx

Bennett
05/22/08  12:43am

 #1743582


Reflex
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   Message To: Malaysian sensatin   In reference to Message Id: 1742889


 Please help, answer! thnx

1)dump the moss
2)dump the bedding
3)VERY THOUROUGHLY (not just with water) clean the tub and his accessories
4)put FRESH bedding and moss in the cage
5)KEEP IT CLEAN!!! make sure it is poo/urate/bodily fluid free and keep it that way.]
6)put neosporin on the snake’s belly
BRBs don’t really get scale rot from high humidity, they mainly get it from filthy environments.
05/22/08  08:29pm

 #1744399


Gfx
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   Message To: Reflex   In reference to Message Id: 1743582


 Please help, answer! thnx

You may not have thought of this, but BRB pass a lot of urates. If you have a moss hide, you need to clean it often because they do enjoy to toilet in the hide. What your seeing may well be piss burns.
05/23/08  06:58pm

 #1744594


Malaysian sensatin
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   Message To: Gfx   In reference to Message Id: 1744399


 Please help, answer! thnx

its all over him.... i hope not im cleaning the moss and everytrhing like crazy now lol. for now he is on paper towels, with a dry hide, and a big water dish, and a wet hide. cleaning out paper and moss everyday. and he is covered with neosporin lol. hopefully he gets better, still eats like a cow though... lol
05/23/08  11:25pm

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Mangrovian
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   Message To: Malaysian sensatin   In reference to Message Id: 1744594


 Please help, answer! thnx

I would keep the substrate dry until he starts to show improvement and sheds some of that off.Instead of a moist cage how about a humidity shelter,just a rubbermaid with lid of the appropriate size with the moss in it so the snake can go about as he pleases and not have a wet cage all over,just make a hole so the snake can get in.A q-tip with peroxide applied to the spots will help dry them as well.
Hope i helped,
Mangrovian.
07/08/08  03:27pm


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