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ok here we go, my girlfriend has been wanting a snake for awhile or pretty much any new reptile sence i am the slave of 5 bearded dragons. so i took her to the local reptile store (not a chain, a small buisness) so she could pick out a snake she wanted. she picked a ball python that was kinda sickly looking and i told her not to get that one but she insisted. and it turns out she would have had to get that one out of the to because the owner hasnt gotten the other ball to eat yet. so i paid for the snake and he said that he fed him 10/10/2008 and we purchased champ on 10/12/2008. ok now you now that part let me tell you about the husbandry. 29 gallon long tank, undertank heater, aspen bedding, a BIG water bowl for humidity, a nice hide and one temp/humidity gauge and another temp gauge on the hot side. we got him home and put him in his cage and pluged in the heater and the 60w lightbulb and soon the temps to to about 98 so i unplugged the tank heater. the temp went down to about 87 and i called it good and went to bed after shutting his lights of so he could sleep. sometime that night he deficated what looked to be a half digested bloody mouse. it was the first time i ever seen snake poo so i didnt know what to expect. he was really active for the next couple days then today i got a call at work from my crying girlfriend saying she got home from school and tought chams was hurt or something. so i went home real quick to check up on him and her and she met me outside with him. he was limp and dead and my girlfreind was crying and panicing. i was just wondering what could have killed him? i called the owner of the pet store and told him the situation, he told me to bring him the snake. i took it to him and he looked it over and asked about my husbandry. i guess the undertank heater was to big and he blamed it on me even tough it wasnt even up to 98 for even 3 min. so he gave me a way smaller one and another ball python that was ablout twice the size and really healthy looking. the husbandry is the same exept a smaller undertank heater. is that ok? has anyone experianced anthing like this. i just wonna know aht could have happened to the poor little guy : ( Thanks for reading all that everyone, Brandon