Need help and advice quick please

What a terrible string of events, like said, it's very odd they both happened to pass away so close to each other.

On another note, if you read the threads here and got some good knowledge I guarentee you will have a much more rewarding experience this time around. You only need a few things to properly care for a BP and once you have that dialed in it's a peice of cake. For an inexpensive setup that is perfect for BPs you should seriously think about using a tub (rubbermaid) setup. BP's feel very secure in these setups and they are easy to maintain. An aquarium tank setup is proborably the least advised of all your normal options such as Plastic (www.animalplastics.com) and the tub setup mentioned above. Tanks are much harder to monitor temps in and they do not typically hold humidity levels at the proper levels without modification.

All the best BP breeders out there ship snakes and does so with great success. My two favs here are NERD (new england reptile distributors) which is where I got my snake and 8Ball Pythons. Both of which post here and both of which get rave reviews from all that bought snakes from them. You would also most likely have a much less stressful time if you were to buy a slightly older snake maybe a few months old who is already started on frozen thawed mice. This way you can just order your frozen prey items on the net and not need to worry about finding a live food source while keeping a good supply on hand.

Good luck, I hope you and your wife can get by this and give it another shot. It is truely a great experience keeping BP's and to watch them thrive and grow is just great for a lack of a better word.