He is gone...

Idk what to say, i haven't been on the forums in a long time but i just need to vent this. My first snake just died, he stopped eating for about 2 months, ive been working my best to correct his living conditions and check on him as much as possible but sadly i may have neglected to do enough. I didn't notice until much longer later that he has bit marks all over his body and i did my best to clean him and put antibiotic on him. I feel like the worst owner ever, event though my other snakes are doing absolutely amazing... Idk what happened and i just want to cry. what do i do now...someone help...please

I'm so sorry for your loss.

How do you have your snakes set up? Temperatures, heat sources, and methods of measuring temperatures/humidity.

Did it appear to be mites?

built a melamine rack for them, heating strips attached to a thermostat, they r in tubs with aspen, temp and humidity gauges in each...

What type of temp/humidity gauges the dial type from pet stores?

What type of thermostat and how much of the bottom of the tubs are covered by heat tape? (1/2, 1/3, more, less)

What are the temperature readings?

How thick is the layer of aspen?

gauges are digital, I honestly don't remember where i picked them up, but they read temp and humidity, thermostat is a ranco with about 1/3 of the bottom covered, temp is 82* , humidity is 32%, aspen is about 3/4 inch all around

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I didn't notice until much longer later that he has bit marks all over his body and i did my best to clean him and put antibiotic on him.

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How long are you leaving live prey unattended in the enclosure before removing it? Mice and rats can easily kill a snake that isn't interested in eating.

Are your digital gauges measuring the hot spot as well, or just the ambient temp?

heating tape is set to 92*

i usually do not leave pray for longer than about 30-40 minutes, and up until recently, none of them have had a problem killing and eating in less than that

Ok, your set up sounds good, personally I don't leave live rodents unattended but I know that some people do.