I recently acquired an adult corn snake who had a stuck shed, apparently. I looked at her last week, she ate, and I did notice her tail looked weird, but it didn't look like a stuck shed... there was no constriction, and her tail only looked like it had black scales at the very tip.

She was going into blue, and hiding, so I left her alone for a week.

I came home from work, and saw that she shed and pooped, but her tail was no longer white... It was a deep red! I can't believe it. The end of her tail is gone... I can't even describe how horrible I feel, for seeing an issue, but obviously, I didn't identify it in time. I didn't check on her while she was in hiding, as all my corns hide during this time, and come out unscathed. I have NEVER even had an issue with retained shed on the tip of a tail.

Well, I soaked her in warm water for 30 mins in water and applied really diluted bactine to her tail.... REALLY diluted. This cleared the area of the dried blood. I changed her aspen to paper towels, and disinfected her tank. I know, I feel like crap. I know she needs to see a vet. Any idea what else I can do to make her life easier? Thanks for all your advise in advance.