Hello all,

So, I have been taking care of a BP who incurred severe thermal burns when his previous owner's thermostat shorted out and the surface temperature of the tub reached temps over 120 degrees. I've taken the animal under my care because the original owner is not equip to do some. I have minor experience treating burns like this but this will be by far the worst I’ve ever treated. Ill will go over the details of her set up, what i have been doing to aid her recovery, and list question that I have. **note: I just registered for this site and I’m new to online forum in general so please forgive any novice mistakes made in this post. Also I will not be able to post any pictures until later, I know it becomes very difficult to help without something to reference and I do apologize. In an effort to combat that I will try to be extremely detailed in the post but please know it is a serious burn on the lower %25-%30 of the animal's belly.

Her set up: She is kept in a rack. 88 degrees on the warm side/81-83 on the cool side. Humidity is generally between 55-65. I use reptile mulch as substrate (I live in a dry area) but have completely switched her over to dry paper towels. The heat is provided by UTH which is regulated by a thermostat. 1 hide on the warm side.

What I’ve been doing: in the evening (every day for the past 4 days) I will give the animal a betadine bath with a 10/1 ratio (%90 luke warm water and %10 betadine) for about 15 min. I then take a gauze pad and soak it in the same betadine mix and scrub her belly with it (focusing on the burned area). After she is placed in the sink which I clean before hand with hand sanitizer and takes a 20 min. luke warm bath in water that does not go over her head. I then move her to a temporary tub that has fresh, dry paper towels so that she can dry off. Lastly i will take multiple q-tips with Neosporin cream and go up and down the affected area with them. i make a point to go against the scales to ensure the Neosporin gets where it should. After all that she is place back into her home that has been cleaned while she’s in the sink.

My questions:
1. I noticed yesterday that some of the scales most affected by the burn have started turning a greenish color. Could this be from the betadine not fully washing off? The color does not seem natural and seems too 'green' to be produced from an infection. I’m really stumped by the green color.
2. Is 'what I’ve been doing' the best possible in-home care for this type of ailment?
3. I should be getting some silvadine burn cream from a friend, should i incorporate that into my care after receiving it?
4. The snake seems to have built up shed skin and both eye caps remain on. Because I’m missing information about the animal (when she shed last) I don’t know how urgent getting the eye caps off is. With everything else going on should I attempt to remove the eye caps or continue to soak and wait for the next shed?

Again, I understand that with no images to reference providing guidance becomes difficult. i truly appreciate any feedback and want nothing more than the animal to make a full recovery. Thanks so much in advance.