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I don't know what went wrong...

ShenziSixaxis

ShenziSixaxis

Sticking To The Ceiling
A few minutes ago I decided to do a check on all my snakes (excluding the 20 gallon tank since Apotos is currently MIA) because of a weird smell that was making both my mom and I think, "Smells like something crawled in somewhere and died," and found my big okeetee girl dead. She threw up the last meal she had, too. I don't get it... she was an extremely strong feeder and perfectly healthy just three days ago...

When I first knelt down to where her bin is kept I noticed a stronger smell, but that's where the rats are too, so I didn't think much of it. Opened the lid and saw her tail sticking out of her favorite log hide, and since I'd just turned the light on, still didn't think too much though I thought it was weird I didn't she her jerk a bit at the lid opening. Then I noticed the regurged rat by her upper body sticking out of the other end of the log. 'Why hasn't she moved?'

Then I moved the box in front of her and saw her sunken and dried out face. I don't even know what to do with her body. It's already started decaying and I don't even want to be in this room. It feels so stupid to be crying so hard over a snake, but I can't stop. I've had her for a year and five days.

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Shenzi, sounds like she had a peaceful and content year and five days. I am sure you made her life and passing the best possible that it could be.
Sorry for your loss.
 
Shenzi,

Do you know how old she was? The situation you describe is exactly the way my BIG housesnake girl Adelina passed. She was a wild caught that had been held in capivity since the late 90's and she died in early '09 so I always have assumed she has reached the natural end of her lifespan. She, too, threw up her last meal. I was in the process of waiting the requisite two weeks before feeding her again when she passed.

Anyway, I am very sorry for your loss, but I would trust that it was something natural and not something you did to cause it. Sounds like she went very peacefully under her hide.
 
Oh, I'm sorry! Can you bury her somewhere peaceful and pretty? Maybe in a park somewhere? No one will ever know.
 
I am so sorry for your loss. I cried for about three days over a hatchling I never did get to eat this summer. You are crying because you loved your pet. That is natural.
 
Thanks everyone. It's still be hard to try and sleep tonight. :(

Hypancistrus said:
Shenzi,

Do you know how old she was? The situation you describe is exactly the way my BIG housesnake girl Adelina passed. She was a wild caught that had been held in capivity since the late 90's and she died in early '09 so I always have assumed she has reached the natural end of her lifespan. She, too, threw up her last meal. I was in the process of waiting the requisite two weeks before feeding her again when she passed.

Anyway, I am very sorry for your loss, but I would trust that it was something natural and not something you did to cause it. Sounds like she went very peacefully under her hide.
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I'm really not sure. She was only ~182 grams so I'm guessing around the two or three year range.

I can't think of anything wrong I could have done that would cause anything to keel over dead. She was a bit weird in the sense that she was something like 34 inches long but only about as thick as two pencils tied together.

I do remember that not long ago there was an instance where the lower 1/4 of her body or so was plugged up with rat fur so much she was a little squishy and made me wonder if she was pulling a BP trick and ovulating with lots of swelling. Maybe she got an impaction somehow and the last meal contributed somehow?

Nanci said:
Oh, I'm sorry! Can you bury her somewhere peaceful and pretty? Maybe in a park somewhere? No one will ever know.
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I managed to get her in the freezer without too much difficulty last night, so once the ground finally thaws out I'll find a place to bury her since we have our own home. I'm thinking out front in the raised box type thing with rose bushes. There's a spot on the end where some orangey looking marigolds grow every year.
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Poor baby girl. I'm so sorry to hear this. And it's not silly at all crying over a snake. You obviously loved her.
 
I'm so sorry. I lost a healthy snake not too long ago. She had been a great feeder for her whole life, then regurged once and was gone. I wish I had an answer for you as to why your girl died. I know she would appreciate being buried with those lovely flowers.
 
I'm so sorry. I just lost a baby girl, Mika last week. I had for 4 months and I was crying for days. I am embarrassed about getting so emotional over a snake but she was my first one and always so sweet. She died much like yours. After a regurge, and very unexpected.
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<3 Mika
 
My deepest condolences at your loss. We search for explanations as to why death happens. We blame ourselves for something that is beyond our control. We can't understand or agree upon the origin of life so why should we expect anything different concerning death. We simply must cherish the fact that life exists at all and the time that we have to share it, however briefly that may be.
 
Doing better now, but everything still seems rather... hollow. Had something happen yesterday (don't really need to explain, lesson learned) where I should have been scared out of my mind and I was just indifferent, sat there tired and bored.

Anyway, felt good enough to find some good photos.


This was the last picture I took for weighing her. About a month ago.
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This was one of the better ones I got that everyone seemed to like.
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One of her usual character shots. She did this whenever I was taking a while to give her a rat or when she wanted more. Usually she got more. :p
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First one is another good character shot. Both of these last two were taken a day of the fondest memory I had. I was sorting and culling rat pups, and Daemon wouldn't eat, and Apotos only wanted one, but Lotem was unusually hungry that day and was just pounding them left and right. I think she ended up getting four rats that weren't quite up to size for her. She'd curled up on a box on one of the rat bins and kept poking her head out when she wanted another.
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Awww Shenzi, that's so sad and I'm very sorry! The photos you posted of her are so cute...I'm glad you have great memories. I also hope that Apotos shows up soon.
 
Wow- she looks like she is in glowing good health. I just don't understand things like this.
 
She looks like she would be anybody's favorite, condolences with your loss! I had the same thing happening with my butter girl last year, except I had found out she had an egg retained the day before, weeks after laying. She took her mouse tough, about the 4th one or so after laying, regurgitated the day after and then died the day after. It's devastating to your confidence about caring for them but it just seems to happen, it's not your fault!
 
I think you're right about the favorite thing. She was unique to everything I've checked out in person except for some king snakes, but she wasn't as bitey as even Apotos is. The only time she ever gave me any problems was when food was around or she was in shed, and she got DARK in shed. I should have some photos of that somewhere. :)

OkeeteeMom said:
I also hope that Apotos shows up soon
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I hope so... at this point I'm going, I wouldn't be mad or insulted if anyone didn't want to sell a corn or any snake to me. I know it's probably not my fault, but I'm still feeling pretty miserable. Half teared up all the time.

Nanci said:
Wow- she looks like she is in glowing good health. I just don't understand things like this.
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I don't either. :shrugs: But it's like Eric said: she probably had a really good year with me. I can see her in snakey heaven telling all the other corns, "Yeah, that's right, I got RATS every week, suckas!" :rolleyes:

I think my main regret will end up being that I didn't get a chance to breed her at all. She had such a wonderful personality and seemed to have unique coloration for okeetees. Either they're a line bred, or are mucky looking.
 
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