I don't doubt that could be what happened. She was one of 2 blood pythons at their stall of mostly boas. As far as I'm aware I don't think she was ever listed elsewhere. I think they had her for a few years, but told us the scars she had were from the previous owner feeding live. I'm not sure if it was them who bred her or the previous owners but we were told she was about 7 years old, used to be a breeder but now was retired.
Also just re-reading the report and realized that right before we brought her home, they sent us a pic of her being weighed. She was about 16lbs at the time of us bringing her home. This means she lost 3 lbs within the month we had her. That's a huge percentage of body weight to lose that quickly.
And unfortunately yes, we put her in the garage fridge, then within the next few nights (with the ongoing snowstorm) it reached as low as -30. Went to go check her the day before we brought her to the diagnostics center and realized she was frozen solidI know that's not ideal but we're having to work with what we have and hope the integrity of the tissues is enough to work with after freezing.
I called the center today and told them I would like to go ahead with further testing. At this point I feel it's best education-wise and for peace of mind.