possible scale rot? =/

[DrEwTiMe]

so your saying even though its drying up to keep using the neosporin? and its definatly not a burn because my uth is on a thermostat and the temps are good also my thermostat has an alarm that tells me if it goes over or under 2 degrees i have it set for 83 degrees...

oh and one more thing since it has gotten dry it almost looks like there is dry blood in between the two scales that are messed up but when i go to wipe it clean nothing happens so i don't think its dry blood. do you know what that is all about? it might just be me making it worse than it actually is in my head. lol thanks for all the help!

Absolutely keep up with the neosporin, if nothing else your preventing infection, expediting the healing process, and keeping the scales from getting too dry and peeling off prematurely exposing the area too soon.

In terms of the thermostat temp, your "hot side" temps should be around 90-93 degrees for the UTH. 83 is a bit low, that's the correct ambient temp for the snake but you should give your snake the option for a hotter area to hang out if he/she desires it.

From what it sounds like to me, this "dry blood" is just the scales discoloring from them dying off making way for new scales to come. Unless you see actual wet blood i wouldn't worry about that. I would just avoid contact with that area as much as you can, but again keep up with the neosporin that can do nothing but help at this point.

Hope everything is ok!! Keep me posted