Hi, my ball python have thermal burn and i just want to get some advice and do the right thing for her.
She had shed this monday and i was gonna take her shed out when i noticed that her warm side of the tank was way warmer than it usually is so i put my hand inside and it was really hot, i also took the temp gun and it was 104 degrees. Upon further inspection i saw that the thermo probe was not where i had glued it before so she must've pushed it somehow (i have glued it much better now)...
then i picked her up from the cool side to check on her and i could see that she was red and a bit dry on some scales, intially i thought she had scale rot i dont know why.
I have cleaned her tank with chlorhexidine, taken everything out, put paper towels as substrate, on wendesday i soaked her with betadine mix with water for 40min.
I bathed her again today for 20min and after i dried her i put some ion silver cream on the affected area.
Is it fine to put her in the tank with the cream and with her waterl bowl at the same time? im worried she might dip herself in the bowl and get some cream in there and then drink it. I tried looking up if this cream is dangerous if ingested but i couldnt find anything, but honestly i dont think its lethal if she accidentaly ingested or tasted some.
Also how often do you think i should bath her in betadine and put cream on her?
I was thinking about bathing her like 2times a week for 20-30min and putting the cream after she bathes.
Should i be seeing improvments or will i only see this after she sheds again?
Obviously if i see her getting worse i will be taking her to the vet immediately
here is some pictures of her burn:
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Thank you for any help