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had a lot of emotions lately
11 years ago
and fortunately, it all ended well. But let me resume the situation.
This week, I'm starting a new job at the hospital of my city. Totally new environment, a lot of people to meet, pretty intimidatjing for me but I do well.
To this daily stress came an event that put me down: two days ago, my pet corn snake escaped from his terrarium, that was yet closed. I don't know how, probably by the cable holes at the top (and yet, they looked too small for him) It totaljly destroyed me, I didn't know where was my snake and couldn't focus on anything else, I wanted to know what had happened and where he had gone. I had put traps to catch him (floor on the ground to see if he was around, a heating lamp turned to a pile of clothe to lure him, and even some of his food in hope he would be hungry). But still no track of where he had gone.
Then, yesterday evening, with an amazing luck, I met a neighboor I had barely seen since I moved on here. And she told me there was a snake problem, they had seen one on the first floor and had called the firefighter to catch it. I immediately understood, and feared the worst. I called the HQ of my city in a blink, totally shaking (I didn't know if they had kept him alive and was really worried) They described it to me, and of course, it was him. All I had to do was showing them the bill of the purchase (special animals are really restricted and apparently, some dishonest people come and pretend snakes are theirs when they hear about firefighter interventions) and I dashed to their HQ.
I was half crying when I showed up (yeah, so much for a tough guy^^ but I was worried to death) They checked my documents and led me to the room where they keep reptiles (the ones they capture and those on which they train) and there he was, calm in a little terrarium.
Needless to say, I was releived to a point I've never been before. But I don't want to let the incident end like this.
I'm preparing a poster I'll display in my building for the neighboors to see. I consider it's my fault because I didn't warn them I had this pet, probably because I was scared they would see me as the weird guy of the first floor.
So I'll tell them that I'm sincerely sorry for the disturbance and the fright. Most people are scared of snake and don't know them. Since some of my neighboors have kids, I totally understand their reaction. Plus, they feared there could be others nearby.
So I'll explain to them my pet is totally harmless and actually pretty nice (doesn't bite, isn't venomous...) and finally will thank them for not doing him any harm. Seriously, that was my biggest fright, imagining someone would find him and kill him in a fear rush.
So now I have my pet back, I'm going to tell my neighboors about it and reassure them that I'm reinforcing my precautions about it. I really hope I'll never ljive these kinds of moment again.
This week, I'm starting a new job at the hospital of my city. Totally new environment, a lot of people to meet, pretty intimidatjing for me but I do well.
To this daily stress came an event that put me down: two days ago, my pet corn snake escaped from his terrarium, that was yet closed. I don't know how, probably by the cable holes at the top (and yet, they looked too small for him) It totaljly destroyed me, I didn't know where was my snake and couldn't focus on anything else, I wanted to know what had happened and where he had gone. I had put traps to catch him (floor on the ground to see if he was around, a heating lamp turned to a pile of clothe to lure him, and even some of his food in hope he would be hungry). But still no track of where he had gone.
Then, yesterday evening, with an amazing luck, I met a neighboor I had barely seen since I moved on here. And she told me there was a snake problem, they had seen one on the first floor and had called the firefighter to catch it. I immediately understood, and feared the worst. I called the HQ of my city in a blink, totally shaking (I didn't know if they had kept him alive and was really worried) They described it to me, and of course, it was him. All I had to do was showing them the bill of the purchase (special animals are really restricted and apparently, some dishonest people come and pretend snakes are theirs when they hear about firefighter interventions) and I dashed to their HQ.
I was half crying when I showed up (yeah, so much for a tough guy^^ but I was worried to death) They checked my documents and led me to the room where they keep reptiles (the ones they capture and those on which they train) and there he was, calm in a little terrarium.
Needless to say, I was releived to a point I've never been before. But I don't want to let the incident end like this.
I'm preparing a poster I'll display in my building for the neighboors to see. I consider it's my fault because I didn't warn them I had this pet, probably because I was scared they would see me as the weird guy of the first floor.
So I'll tell them that I'm sincerely sorry for the disturbance and the fright. Most people are scared of snake and don't know them. Since some of my neighboors have kids, I totally understand their reaction. Plus, they feared there could be others nearby.
So I'll explain to them my pet is totally harmless and actually pretty nice (doesn't bite, isn't venomous...) and finally will thank them for not doing him any harm. Seriously, that was my biggest fright, imagining someone would find him and kill him in a fear rush.
So now I have my pet back, I'm going to tell my neighboors about it and reassure them that I'm reinforcing my precautions about it. I really hope I'll never ljive these kinds of moment again.
I think that when we're scared, our instincts push us to make the "threat" disapear, or at least to put ourelves in a position of superiority. And the most basic way to achieve that, of course, is to kill... So I understand why, even if I can't stand this way of dealing with phobia.
I know I'm lucky, and I won't try my luck twice. I installed something on my door to prevent any other escape, and I blocked the cable holes with strong adhesive. I hope this will be enough, but I'll be super careful now.
It was such a releif to find him in good health, they were even prepared to feed him before I came=)