A couple weeks ago my ball python, Engrid, burned herself on her heat pad by (I'm assuming,) burrowing her nose under her green reptile carpet and laying directly on the heat pad. She had swollen, fluid-filled scales. After reading a few forum posts about what vets did about the swollen scales, (they sterilized a needle and drained them) I decided to do the same (yes, I sterilized) by taking a small tiped sewing needle and draining the fluid. After baths of Betadine and Hibaclens, she was so close to being completely healed, until she slipped underneath the carpet and burned herself a second time, resulting in some bloody-looking blisters. I've recently turned off her heat pad and replaced the cool side with an overhead lamp, containing a ceramic heat coil so we don't have this issue again.

Images of her first burn and second burn are included and will be labeled.

Common questions:
The betadine and hibaclens soaks were DILUTED. Soaked for about 30 minutes every other day.
Her warm side of the tank hovers around 89-91 degrees
Her cool side is around 79-81
**I've recently kept the humidity in her tank very low, in case this is scale rot**
She has hides on both sides of the tank
She has a water basin in the middle of her tank, large enough for her to lay in
She shows no signs of stress or aggression when the area of interest is stimulated
She is eating regularly (she eats small rats bi-weekly)
She is 17 years old.

First burn:
http://imgur.com/elUuRGs
http://imgur.com/UXaXuzS

First week of healing & baths:
http://imgur.com/78e6OBK
http://imgur.com/KnywxqP

Second week of healing & baths:
http://imgur.com/NiAd1rI

***Current:
http://imgur.com/77HAG8w

The "current" image is what I'm trying to define. This area is where the bloody blisters were at, but have since dried out and left this behind, which to me, looks like scale rot.