Quote Originally Posted by OmNomNom View Post
True, what's a "happy" temperature for a sick snake? You don't want him too cold and stressed out and his metabolism to drop too low that he can't heal himself, and anything near day-time temp ranges for a BP is going to make a nice incubator for bacteria regardless. All you can do is keep things as clean as possible and use the antibiotics to help stave off infection.
The OP stated the the temps in his (?) house are in the high 80s during the day and mid-70s at night. I think this should be substantial until a UTH with proper thermostat regulation can be put in place. Ideally, IMO, you would probably want to keep ambient temps ~80-82deg in a sick-snake situation, but I would rather err on the side of caution than risk aggravating the burn, especially since there doesn't seem to be a thermostat to regulate any supplemental temps.


Quote Originally Posted by OmNomNom View Post
I'm not sure about soaking him with iodine unless that came from an experienced herp. vet....particularly as sensitive as BPs seem to be, I'd worry about inhalation and toxicity to the skin.
Perhaps he meant betadine? That is widely recommended on this site. I mentioned it earlier, but in hindsight, the soak with the antibiotic from the vet should do the same thing - I would pick one or the other.