Hello,
Again, I've owned my python since she was 3 months old and she is 11 years old now. I have never been concerned with her body condition or weight until recently. It should be obvious that I wouldn't be concerned for no reason.
I did take her to a different vet for a second opinion. He can see that she is underweight and suggested to increase the temperature a bit. I'm not going to change the temperature from what is has been for years nor will I be going back to any vets. I had a lot of people confirm the temperature is ideal.
My python is underweight, that is not my opinion, that is a fact. About 2 months ago at her last vet visit, she weighed her lowest, 7.3kg. I suspect she may be even less than that now. Remember, she was about 9kg before this all started which is a significant amount of weight loss.
Stress, I don't really think so, she hasn't been to the vet in a while and most of the visits were stress free. She is processing food differently and I read that is a sign of illness. Every time I feed her I wonder where it goes. It's as if it dissappears.
Her activity level is still very low even when she is outside of her enclosure. For example, now that it's summer time I been taking her outside and I let her in roam the house a bit. She does move around a little bit more outside her enclosure but not much. Although, I think taking her outside her enclosure helps motivate her to go to the bathroom. As if she is too depressed to do so on her own, in her enclosure. This makes things even more confusing. By eating larger meals along with very little activity should make her gain weight, not lose weight. I know my enclosure is pretty bare, but she has the necessities. I'm making a PVC jungle gym to put in place of the blue tub/hide box.
I also wanted to point out that there are no labs with accurate testing for most viruses on live animals. Anyone deal with RAL before?
Thank you for all the help. If there is anything I can do to help her gain weight and become more active, please let me know. Here are some recent pictures..
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