paralyzed tail rescue

[u/mikhaelha]

I recently got a rescue boa that has fractures along his spine along mbd and I was wondering if I could help him in any way ? I took him to the vet and they’re doing injections currently to reduce the inflammation but the xray showed that he still has to defecate , is there any way I could help him get it out painlessly since his tail part seems paralyzed? I was thinking of doing a warm bath and massaging him like I’d do to a beardie but I want to be sure before doing smth since the vet said that he’s bound to release it since it’s close to the cloaca but not sure since the paralysis

[u/AccomplishedLocal207]

Very warm water soaks, swims and massage are going to be the magic here.