So during the two hours of sleep I got last night, Nessie got herself tangled in one of her new vines. It was entirely my fault, I should have considered the type of vine I was putting in, but at the time I just thought of it as new decoration and added it. The way these vines are made is basically like a chain, with four leaves coming off each segment. When I woke up, she'd found her was through one of the segments and couldn't back out of it, although the way her tank looked, she had been trying-- hide flipped over, dinosaur skull tipped.

I carefully lifted her out and snipped it off with a small pair of scissors. It hadn't gone all the way down her abdomen, but it was pretty tight against her neck, and this morning when I checked on her, I found some minor swelling around where the segment had lain against her neck.

My question is, is there anything I can do to ease the swelling? A warm soak or anything? She's none the worse for wear otherwise, responds well to gentle handling and no pain response when I touch the injured area, But of course I will keep an eye on it in case it does get worse. Any suggestions?