Your humidity is decent, but your temperature range is way too hot. This is a cool temperature species compared to the common species of boas and pythons. Shoot for a hot spot around 83 on the warm end and let the cool end be what it'll be. He probably regurged because of the excessive heat. He may be dehydrated at this point so give him a big container to soak in and dont try to feed him for 21 days.

You want to take that rat away from him and discard it. A feeding too soon after a regurge can be really rough on his system. He needs to regroup after the husbandry hiccups he's experienced. A big snake like that can easily go 3 weeks without food, I'd probably wait a full 30 days and then start with something small and naked like a few pinky rats. The only good news about your high heat is that it probably knocked out the RI, but watch for symptoms to return since he's stressed from the regurge and take a swab in for a C&S study so you can get him on the correct antibiotic treatment.

The scale stuff may be scale rot or burn. Keep an eye on it, keep his enclosure clean and see what it looks like after his next shed. It'll probably resolve itself. If it gets worse, take some pix and post 'em here for advice.

Welcome to the world of BRBs!
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Julie
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• BRB Health Questions - paco84, Wed May 13 00:19:42 2009
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