She died....

i'm so sorry. you took care of her as best you could so try not to blame yourself. i'm sure she knows that you love her and did the best you knew how.

sry man!

I am sorry for your loss. It is hard when you loose a pet you put your heart and soul into.

i feel ur pain

its a risk we all take when we put effort into something and especially something that requires a certain amount of love but pick ur self up and when u feel the time is right try again dont let the loss of of Shelby prevent u from starting over

I'm very sorry for your loss. It's always rough to lose a pet, but next time you will be more prepared, as you said, and will know to get one from a breeder instead of WC or CH. I'm having a rough pet day, too, as one of my kids didn't lock Bo Peep's lid properly yesterday and he got out overnight, as I discovered when i went to water & feed everybody today. :(

Thank you guys for your sympathy.

I will get another ball python. Definitely from a reputable breeder though. I have to disinfect her cage and everything in it very thoroughly. I'll probably do that tomorrow.. once I have a little money, I'll look for a breeder. Though, I'd like to get an older BP. Something a little bigger. I want to try breeding a clutch of normals.. just to break into it.

I hope you find your BP Marla.. years ago I lost two corn snakes because friends didn't put the lid back on properly.

I'd wait until you're sure there are no environmental/airborne issues at hand, but after that going to a breeder is definitely the way to go. There should be some adult bp's available around March or April for a good bit less than they're going for now.

Thanks for the good wishes. I hope he shows up, too. He disappeared before, from a less secure enclosure (but ya still have to lock it!) and earned his name (Little Bo Peep has lost her snake, and can't tell where to find him/Leave him alone and he'll come home, dragging his tail behind him). He's already violated the famous ten-foot rule, which was easy enough to check because the room he's in has nothing but snake cages, herp equipment, and a few collapsed cardboard boxes in it.

Yeah I am taking my cham and my male sandboa to the vet tomorrow (provided I can get an appointment..)

I think my sandboa got the RI becuase his temps were way too low, not so sure what's wrong with the cham, but I don't know. What could it be? My other two snakes are fine.

EDIT: It's also tough since I work at a reptile pet store, so who knows what I come in contact with on a daily basis. I am religious about changing out of my work clothes and washing my hands up to my elbows before I come near my animals, as well as using hand sanitizer between animals, but still.

Sorry for your loss.

Man I am so sorry to hear that - WC can sometimes turn out to be a far more daunting process than it would seem at the time of purchase - with any number of preexisting conditions coming to the fore but none of that really helps mitigate the feeling of loss and likely guilt we experience when we lose something in our care.