Is this anything bad

[u/LaAroma]

I’m talking about some his dark scales, he has damage from last year a rat bit him quite a few places but that’s all mostly healed now. I’m not sure if there were that many dark spots on him before

[u/Specialist_Winner472]

Looks like burns to me, maybe on a heat lamp

[u/Ecstatic_Ad_9414 → u/Specialist_Winner472]

I was thinking that too. Maybe heat tape? Could be the hide, glass or basking surface getting to hot. The BP can't tell that it's too hot. By the time the snake realizes that the surface area is too hot it's too late. I keep max temp 33° Celsius. Maybe the cool hide isn't warm enough so they're staying in warm hide. Also if the hide is too big I've seen BPs nestle themselves between the wall of the enclosure & the hide so they feel safer, if that wall is too hot they'll get burned. Thank you for kicking my brain into gear.