the spots i saw weren't burns after all,but there was a small bite wound i've been treating,about his shed when i got this snake he was in bad condition,i've babied him back into good health,his humidity is normally kept around 60% and during a shed around 80%there are no heating elements in the gage i use an undertank heater and an infrared heating lamp above the gage far enough away from the screen not to burn him but close enough that it heats