A close up view reveals the extent of the skin infection.

Two weeks after the woman's trip, her knee developed an itchy rash that left a snake-like pattern on her skin.

Snake fungal disease (SFD) is an emerging skin infection of wild snakes in eastern North America. Hopefully, once your snake has seen your herp vet, you will be able to get a lot of your questions answered by him or her.

Thermal Injury. Other viruses can cause digestive, respiratory and nervous system disease among snakes.

Viral infections result in tumorous skin growths in many native snake species. Snakes may have red, inflamed skin with numerous small, blister-like lesions that may be on the underside of the snake making them easy to miss. Signs of a severe infection include: pus blisters skin sloughing, breakdown dark, necrotic-appearing skin, or skin that becomes discolored and painful This snake has septicemia also because the infection has spread from the scales into the bloodstream.

Skin infection (dermatitis) is often seen in snakes (and other reptiles) kept in environments that are too moist and/or dirty.

Hopefully, once your snake has seen your herp vet, you will be able to get a lot of your questions answered by him or her. A common source of heat in many cages is a hot rock. An example is a recently recognized viral encephalitis affecting pythons and boa constrictors.

Many snakes are kept in cages with inadequate ambient heat. This pet required extensive medical therapy to save it.

Infections in the skin can be a sign of systemic disease, rodent bites, thermal burns, dirty and wet environmental conditions, parasitic problems or trauma, so there are a lot of variables regarding healing. Infections in the skin can be a sign of systemic disease, rodent bites, thermal burns, dirty and wet environmental conditions, parasitic problems or trauma, so there are a lot of variables regarding healing. The fungus Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola is frequently associated with the skin lesions that are characteristic of SFD, but a causal relationship between the fungus and the disease has not been established.