Potential shed issue

[d_virginiana]

That's what I'm starting to think. Especially since that doesn't seem to be the case with the scales in the areas that I didn't start peeling, like the face and all. Only the few that were on the body and had probably been loosened already. I thought I was doing a decent job of washing it off between working at getting the shed off, but I'm starting to think it got stuck in and around the remaining scales, so it was effectively soaking her for awhile despite me thinking I was cleaning her off. If I ever have to deal with this again, I will not be using oil. The way her shed was coming off only a few scales at a time, I thought I'd do more stress and damage without it, but that's clearly not the case.
It's 5:30 am here, so I'll get pics up by tomorrow after all my midterm craziness is over and done with.

Thanks for replying; I'm starting to get really worried about her. I know there's probably no reason for my level of freaking out, considering there has been noticeable improvement and she is gradually becoming more active and like normal. She did end up vomiting water again today, but I do believe that will clear up after the scales continue to harden and whatever imbalance is going on right now works itself out. It would worry me more if her urates weren't proportional to the amount she's been drinking.

[chris-uk]

The key thing is that you are seeing improvement.

[d_virginiana]

This is what I was talking about. The skin isn't torn off of these areas or anything, they're just that odd color where those remaining belly scales were... I'm still putting betatdine on them just as a precaution (plus, doubt it'll hurt anything...) but I don't think they're infected or anything. She doesn't act like it hurts her, and she was acting fairly normal today.
Just thought this was really weird.

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[chris-uk]

Interesting. The shape of the miscoloured patches wouldn't be inconsistent with oil seeping under the loose shed and discolouring the scales.

[d_virginiana]

Yeah, especially since that doesn't seem to have happened on the areas where the scales hadn't been disturbed enough to let the oil get up under them. If that's been going on, that may be what was causing her to need to drink so much water too. Maybe it could've been causing her to absorb a lot of minerals or something from it, and then needing to drink a lot to compensate?

[d_virginiana]

Well, more weirdness. The scales I didn't even mess with on her neck are getting that weird pink color under them, as well as a couple of the smaller scales on the underside of the tail. She is still regurgitating water whenever I pick her up as well.
The good news is that she is still acting alert and normal (other than the regurgitating...) with a lot of tongue-flicking and everything. Moving normally. Also, the pink area from the scales that I removed a day or two ago are almost normal colored now.

I may be overreacting, but I'm calling to try and get her to the reptile specialist tomorrow or monday at the latest.

[guidofatherof5]

Sounds like a good idea.

[d_virginiana]

Sounds like a good idea.

Do you have any idea what could be going on?

[guidofatherof5]

Not really. The throwing up water is a huge concern.

[d_virginiana]

I'm almost more worried about what's making her drink that much than I am the throwing it up... Because as stressed as she has been, throwing up water right after drinking a lot would be understandable. And I don't think she's throwing up unless I pick her up (which I've been doing only because of the weird pink places and all). But I'm not sure why she's feeling the need to drink that much!
Luckily I can't see any signs of dehydration, or bizarre fluid retention or anything, so I'm holding out hope that this is still due to her skin being so soft and maybe she is losing more water through the skin than would be normal... And her skin is still really soft. The space between the scales seems much larger than normal too. Skin is harder than it was, but still not normal...

It's just so odd because these signs are all pretty worrisome, but whenever I check on her, she sticks her head up and is constantly tongue-flicking and looking around...
I'll post again when I hear back from the vet.