Quote Originally Posted by Dcommander View Post
It's not a burn as he has no possible contact qith the lamp, its outside of the enclosure.
Your snake does not have to contact the lamp to be burned by the heat it is emitting. How are you regulating your temperatures? What is your basking temperature? What kind of light bulb are you using?

The more information you give everyone the better they will be able to help you.

Some light bulbs can produce very concentrated areas of heat that can cause localized burns that can look similar to what I see in those pictures. If you are only measuring temperatures outside of that specific area, you may never know the temperatures are getting very high.