Forgot to respond to why I was soaking her; it was because on the belly side the scales (clear) were flaking off as if it was a bad shed. Like when you get a sunburn & after a while you have dead skin that's flaking off. You could see some falling off or a few about in her viv & when she moved you could hear the dead scales crackle. Her tail also had a white dead skin film on it. On the side of the vent that was damaged there was an object poking out, so either a displaced scale or a piece of aspen stuck in there. Regardless, it's not something you just yank off. Though I was applying polysporin to it, I figured a bit of water to hydrate would not be a bad idea. Plus it helped her pass a long overdue poo that she couldn't produce with all the stress & swelling.
I had tried for a couple of days to add humidity (2X/day) with the spray bottle. We were also noticing a faint blue hue over her body but her eyes were clear. I had been told to expect a sudden shed. Then finally two days ago she finally went in the "Blue shed" phase. Anyhoo... hope that clears it up a bit.
Yesterday morning I thought I had made a mistake by canceling her vet appointment, she was darker IMO (noticed she was dark & dull the day I saw her eyes were blue) & seemed lethargic. She had also been found often on the cold side of the viv. I picked her up to check on her, she was all coiled up, so I picked her up & put her on my chest & cupped my hand over her. She started to warm up & perked up. After checking her & handling her for a bit (she was exploring) I put her back in her strawberry hide, on top of the UTH (I had also spritzed to raise the humidity) & she's stayed in the warm area either in her hide or under the paper towel ever since. This morning her colours were better & she was much more perkier. Tonight her eyes were not as blue. I never really payed lots of attention on how long she stayed in the blue phase before.
Ok I finally have some photos... I tried capturing the best ones off of videos we took (a friend who's a vet student wanted to see her & how we gave her the injections). I'm uploading a couple of videos of close ups of her tail from the 23rd. So, 5 days after the accident.
I can't find any from the first 48hrs but here are screen captures off the videos taken at the 48hr mark just before her pain med injection. My apologies for the bad quality.
Jan. 20th 48 hrs
Jan 23rd
Hiding in her strawberry...
More pics to come...