Back... ~sigh~ *rip Atlas
12 years ago
So... I get back from camping to find my snake belly up dead in her tank... newly as well since rigo didn't set in or anything... depressing as all hell to come back to that..
Yes I fed her before we left... She'd been having problems keeping food down due to earlier issues with my brother unplugging her heating rock..(Snakes and other reptiles need heat to help digest food) we were building her back up to eating normal mice as instructed... and did a complete cage clean and everything.-- I had a feeling she wasn't going to make it until the end of summer.. She had been acting really slug-ish and not drinking as much water... as well as when I fed her eating really slowly.. where as before she would snap at the mice I fed her... She was old yes... over 10 years... I'd say around 16 years old... I had no idea how old she was when we got her but she was 5ft so I figured 5-7years old...(or older)
So anyways tomorrow when it's light out I'll be burying her out in the yard...
rip atlas.
aaaand I'm going to give it a few (Usually 4-5) months before deciding if I want to get another reptile as a pet.
---On a side note I'm back and going to be working on getting the rest of those pictures done. I'll probably work on them in 3 days or less depending on my mood.
Yes I fed her before we left... She'd been having problems keeping food down due to earlier issues with my brother unplugging her heating rock..(Snakes and other reptiles need heat to help digest food) we were building her back up to eating normal mice as instructed... and did a complete cage clean and everything.-- I had a feeling she wasn't going to make it until the end of summer.. She had been acting really slug-ish and not drinking as much water... as well as when I fed her eating really slowly.. where as before she would snap at the mice I fed her... She was old yes... over 10 years... I'd say around 16 years old... I had no idea how old she was when we got her but she was 5ft so I figured 5-7years old...(or older)
So anyways tomorrow when it's light out I'll be burying her out in the yard...
rip atlas.
aaaand I'm going to give it a few (Usually 4-5) months before deciding if I want to get another reptile as a pet.
---On a side note I'm back and going to be working on getting the rest of those pictures done. I'll probably work on them in 3 days or less depending on my mood.
Well at least she is a peace and I can take solace in that.
awwwwh i'm sorry about your snake.
its terrible when you lose a pet -hugs-
but it is terrible losing a pet.. I work to get over a loss usually... I painted my hall way up to my room today to keep busy.
~hugs~