So here's the deal...

My ball python was out of her cage (she chills around my room a lot and is super tame and sweet) and the cat was also in the room. I never let them get too close but usually the python is under something asleep and the cat goes and sleeps on the bed without even knowing she is out of her cage.

Well this day the python was under her tank and while I didn't actually see it happen this is what I think occurred. I think my python was poking her head out and the cat tried to grab it thinking it looked fun to catch. I heard a swat sound and turned around and so I'm pretty sure that's what happened.

So when I took my ball python out from under the cage immediately to check her I noticed the cat had apparently got her on the eye. The eye cap itself was torn and kinda peeled back exposing the eye. The eye itself looked unscathed though. There was no blood or anything but it looked bad because I know she needs her eye cap.

I had to go to work so I put her in her tank and put up the humidity. (I pump it in with a humidifier) When I came home from work I checked on her and she looked great. I don't know if she peeled the rest of the eye cap off or somehow got it back in place but the torn eye cap was just... gone. If I hadn't seen it happen I wouldn't know there was anything wrong. She looked normal.

So I thought ok I'll hold off on freaking out too much and keep the humidity up and watch her progress closely.

Her eye looks a little cloudy but other than that it looks pretty normal. Nothing looks gross or infected or swollen so I assume that she is healing well. But here's my question that is really confusing me. Since that happens she hasn't been using her hides at all. She roams her cage and then goes to sleep but never inside her hides. It seems like that odd behavior must mean something but I couldn't figure it out.

Has anyone had this before and can tell me what she should look like when going through a normal healing process so I have some sort of idea of what I can expect? Also does anyone have any theory as to her eye miraculously looking great when I got home and what happened to the eye cap? And can anyone give me an idea why she might not be using her hides when her humidity and temps are fine?

Is she afraid to coil up? I can't figure it out. Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks