First Burn Experience, Not Severe but I feel bad.

[Archimedes]

Well, I was awake til 4am, keeping an eye on him. Pyrate gave me a call to talk me through it, and I decided on putting down paper towel over his cypress mulch. He roamed for hours after I put them in, but he was moving a lot more easily, so I think the paper towels feel better on his sore belly. After a few hours of the UTH completely unplugged, I turned it back on with a max heat of 88, which, after getting through the probe, the cypress, and the paper towels, brings his belly heat to about 84 or 85. He spends so much time in his warm hide that leaving him entirely without heat until his skin heals seemed cruel. When I woke up, he was jammed right on top of the hotspot at that temp, so I think it feels good for him. I'm still going to skip this week's feeding because I don't want him to digest improperly with the cooler temp. Also debating on whether to get some silver burn cream, because I'm pretty sure that helps to speed healing of even minor burns. He doesn't really need the betadine though, not for some pink belly.

Sigh. I'm just upset because this was so preventable...


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