Sooty injured!!!

[adamanteus]

Shanley, those sores are the beginnings of 'scale rot' I'm afraid. This is normally brought on by damp or dirty conditions. You will need to thoroughly clean the tank, replace the substrate with kitchen paper or similar and reduce the size of the water dish for a while. If you keep the snake in sterile conditions until it's next shed, it should improve by itself.... that said, a little Neosporin couldn't hurt. Don't ignore these early signs, it can become very bad, very quickly.

[anji1971]

James beat me to it, but I was about to say scale rot aka "Blister disease" as well.

Blister disease: Is common in many captive reptiles. It is most often associated with the maintenance of these animals in damp, filthy environments. The first sign is usually a pink to red appearance of the bottom-most scales. Later, these scales become swollen and infected by bacteria and fungi. Treatment involves use of topical and injectable antibiotics. Further, the underlying sanitation and hygiene problems must be corrected. Blister disease is preventable if you are aware of it and if the enclosure in which captive snakes are housed is kept dry and scrupulously clean.

Please keep in mind that this doesn't mean you caused it Shanley!! He could have been hanging around somewhere damp and dirty outside, to start it off. Just be sure to keep everything dry, sanitized, and use a good antibiotic ointment, as has already been mentioned by the others.

[Snake lover 3-25]

oh no!!!! but as soon as this started he started to soak in his dish more.... especially in that part of his body... i took a pic of him doing it this morning and i was going to post it.... and so since he had neosporin on i figured that he must be contaminating his drinking water so i added not only a second water dish but a third also!!!!!!!!!!
oh no, oh no!!!!!! Wouldn't he realize that soaking was making it worse?????!!!!!!! oh no!!!!!!!!!

[Snake lover 3-25]

but when i got him he had it but it was black..... and his cage was clean... and not damp at al.... only one small shallow dish.... then it started to get worse......

[Snake lover 3-25]

woooooo wait a sec........i remember meadow (adult female snake) had something like this........ i didn't get a pic of her with it.... but i do have the sheds..... here are som pics... i have more.... and she still has a scar...... so i'll take one of that too!!! the first 3 are more of sooty.... the rest are meadow's sheds..... there are more... hold on....

[Snake lover 3-25]

[Snake lover 3-25]

that spot is about 2-3 in above her cloca.....

[Snake lover 3-25]

but it has shown up in her last 4 sheds........

[Snake lover 3-25]

but hers just went away... i didn't even clean her cage.....

[adamanteus]

It's not very extensive, Shanley. I think if you do as I advised early on in this thread, it may clear up by itself again...... but keep a really close eye on it. Hygiene is the key with this.