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From 34 grams to 60 grams in 6 weeks :)

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I was noticing how well one of my rescues was doing the other day, and when I weighed her and looked back at the photos from when I first got her, I was amazed at the difference. She just shed, and her colors are so much brighter than before. I can't believe her weight has almost doubled, but I don't think her length has.
Here she is about a week after I got her. The lighting was bad, so there's a pinkish hue that shouldn't be there, but you can see she's thin and pale.
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and now:
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She was blind when I got her, but now she can detect light a bit. Maybe with time she will someday be able to catch her own food
This is the one that came in with her, she was in better shape to start with:
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And I just call this one Number Five. That pattern on her head looks almost stenciled on!
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She's always soaking that looooong purple tail. Maybe all the water helped it to grow!
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Aaawwwww, they are all SO cute! I love that pic of the one soaking its tail! The rescued one looks SO much better to, you can really tell the difference! You must be proud. :)
 
Thanks everyone for your supportive comments. I think in many ways, I was just very lucky. Kismet loves to eat, and there were no really complex underlying issues, just neglect. It is rewarding to see her blossom like that, but I still feel sad knowing that her eyesight was lost unnecessarily.
 
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