Update on Miso: This week she passed urates for the first time since the accident; she LAUNCHED herself at her meal; the motion and strength in the lower quarter of her body is almost normal; and she has gained 21 grams over the lowest weight she reached post-accident. She is nearly back to her pre-accident weight.
Because she's made so much progress in just six weeks, I am letting myself feel hopeful - though I admit that every time I lift her hide to check on her or remove her for her every-other-day soak in warm water, I feel sick and shaky because I'm afraid she'll be dead.
She still hasn't had a bowel movement, but I am not fretting yet; it hasn't been that long since she started eating again - her first meal post-accident was on July 23, and it was a smaller food item than normal, as were the two weekly meals since then. She doesn't have any bulge at all near her vent; I sort of feel like maybe she's digesting every molecule of food for healing and to get weight back on. The fact that she passed urates and that she has nearly normal motion in the lower part of her body also makes me think that she's OK. I hope.
Her behaviors are also getting back to normal - she switches back and forth between her hides the way she did before, hangs out during the day with her head resting on the edge of her water bowl and just watching the world go by, and she pops her head out to see what's going on when I am feeding the other snakes.
She has another vet appointment in a couple of weeks.
Thanks again to all who sent good thoughts to this little python - I love her dearly and she is really working hard to get better.
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