Re: Just an homage to a deceased snake.
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Bruce Whitehead
I know it is over and all that... but really it is surprising me how much of a funk it has put me in. Maybe I worry that I could have done more, or missed something... but logically I know that at the time, with the resources, and with the information I had... which is not that different than now... that I did the best by him that I could.
You did amazing for him. If you put that much time and effort and love into him there is nothing more that could have done to save.
He could have died alone, uncared for and with someone that wouldn't have cared less that he was gone but you saved him from that and at least let him spend the rest of his life with someone that cared.
Re: Just an homage to a deceased snake.
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Originally Posted by
Bruce Whitehead
I have said it before, but Joanna, Robin and Deborah were my mentors in that area. If it hadn't been for them that snake would not have made it as long as he did.
THEY got him setup and got him eating and got him on track. But they already know that my gratitude and loyalty runs deep.
don't sell yourself short, bruce. this is not intended to minimize the contributions of the wonderful and knowledgeable people here, but THEY didn't do the work. you did. we can tell people all day long "you should be doing this, that, or the other," and ultimately it is up to the person receiving the advice to use it or not. so joanna, robin, and deborah gave you the tools, and huge props to them for disseminating that knowledge, but YOU were the one who used the tools, took the advice and by god went to the mat for that snake.
my heart is broken for you. its never cool to have salt rubbed in your wounds, but even painful retrospect is useful. the portions of our lives that our scaley friends fill is always greater than the hole they leave behind. i'm in your corner, friend.
Re: Just an homage to a deceased snake.
Bruce you did an amazing job caring for him. I bet the moments he spent with you and in your care was the best times of his life!
I have seen some horrible things done to animals, and even colder things done to them by people supposedly cared for them. When I first heard stories like yours and Ash's, they truely move me and maked me see that there are truely good pet owners out there. It is a tragedy that lil guy pasted but atleast he got a chance to be with ones that loved and care for him the best that they can.
He was a truely beautiful snake, that taught you well and helped make you the mentor that you are to others.
