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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by mark68[/i] [br]hi, just as i thought everything was going great something has gone wrong and my snake has been burnt along her back. after changing from a faun with a heat mat to a viv with a ceramic heater everything seemed fine. however last night i noticed a stripe down her back that looked like shedding skin so got her out to look at her and was shocked to find her burnt. i cant say how it has happened i have the ceramic on a stat with a bulb guard and the thermometers max reading was 30.6oc for that day. i took her to my local reptile shop as the lady there does a lot of work with rescue snakes and lizards and she has advised me on what i should do. so i have her back in a hospital setup faun with paper towel and spray her twice a day with this stuff. i have given her a smaller meal of a pinkie and she has woofed it down so all i can do now is keep her clean dry and wait until she sheds it out. she is still very lively and nosy as usual. i am totally peed off and guilty with what has happened and will never use ceramic bulbs again. sorry its a bit long winded just thought id let you know. thanks mark [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.