Yes well I have a friend that says a thermostat is unneccessary and he's never had a problem. That's why I never got one. Since he's a person I know in real life and his bp is in great shape I listen to him. If I listened to everything online I'd probably still be struggling with aspen bedding.
The heat pad, as peidlover79 said (thank you), isn't supposed to get hot enough to burn anything as long as there is substrate, and every time i've touched it, it hasn't been too hot. This time there just happened to be not enough substrate on it. The hide was dug too deep
And lastly, my snake almost never hangs out on the hot side. I noticed she had been lately and attributed it to shedding but I didn't expect it would be hot enough to burn her. I will get a thermostat now obviously, because the temps in my room just vary way too much for the tank temps to be consistent. This wouldn't have been a problem in winter.
In real life, her skin is a bit pink and the scales a bit wrinkly, like a sunburn, like I said. Those brown specs are from the substrate. It looks worse in the pic than in real life. Her behaviour has pretty much gone back to normal pre-shed behaviour.
So if everyone is done patronising me, chastising me, and insulting my aptitude for my career, some constructive advice would be much appreciated, thank you.
I turned off the big uth, I will line the tank with paper towel.
1. Does anyone know what else I can put on it?
2. Has anyone tried bag balm for these guys?
3. How long does it usually take to heal?
4. Is there anything USEFUL I should know that hasn't been made painfully clear, like for instance RECCOMMENDATIONS FOR A T-STAT LIKE I ASKED FOR IN THE FIRST PLACE
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