im not ignoring anything, i just have a lot of questions to answer to. No, i do not have a heating pad thermostat. by the way it sounds i should invest in one. I spoke with the snake guy and he was pretty pissed about what the vet was telling me to do. he said, as most of you have as well, keep the area as dry as possible and no creams. he said the baytril should def. help clear up what he has going on. no more soaking, no more clyndamyicin, no more creams, no more heat pad. he said if it doesn't start to look better in about a week come in and see him and hell bring it to their vet and take care of things for me. so im going to go with that. and ill let you all know how everything goes!!

i appreciate everyone's responses, you all may have saved my snakes life :-)