I have failed.

This is the worst post I've made so far. I woke up from my nap to check on Penny and see where she was in her cage and how she was looking and everything, and my heart shatters into a million pieces when I find her completely submerged in her water dish. I've been crying for the last hour and I'm so angry with myself for not being able to have a vet number ready Saturday when I saw she was sick. She was doing well this morning when I got home. Her coughing had decreased and she wasn't laying herself against the side of the cage with her head up at the top.

I'm sorry, guys. I feel like I let you down as well as Penny. I don't think I can get another after this. I don't have the heart right now. Anyway, I have to look for a cigar box I have stashed away so we can bury her. :tears:

Sorry for your loss :(

I'm really sorry for your loss. Its hard when you lose a pet, they are like our children...

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I'm sorry for your loss. Couldn't imagine losing one of my guy...

Thanks, guys. We put her in a little box that she would have loved for a little hideaway and buried her in a nice little spot under a tree in the yard by the creek. There was a spot of grass there that made a perfect little oval around a clear spot and I felt that it was the proper place and she'd be happy there. Now to go about clearing out her tank and putting it away in case one day I do decide to get another BP.

Sorry about your loss.

My heart just sank. I'm so sorry.

:( That's so tough. Sorry. Bps are wonderful, maybe when you are ready you can find another to share your heart with.

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:tears: Mojos... may she rest in peace.

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This is the worst post I've made so far. I woke up from my nap to check on Penny and see where she was in her cage and how she was looking and everything, and my heart shatters into a million pieces when I find her completely submerged in her water dish. I've been crying for the last hour and I'm so angry with myself for not being able to have a vet number ready Saturday when I saw she was sick. She was doing well this morning when I got home. Her coughing had decreased and she wasn't laying herself against the side of the cage with her head up at the top.

I'm sorry, guys. I feel like I let you down as well as Penny. I don't think I can get another after this. I don't have the heart right now. Anyway, I have to look for a cigar box I have stashed away so we can bury her. :tears:

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You forgot to change your sig to rip

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You forgot to change your sig to rip

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Really???


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Really???


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yes don't you see her sig? It is still showing she has the snake:confusd:

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yes don't you see her sig? It is still showing she has the snake:confusd:

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It JUST passed away. I don't think the OPs first thought was to update their signature.... It is a little insensitive to point it out.

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It JUST passed away. I don't think the OPs first thought was to update their signature.... It is a little insensitive to point it out.

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O I read she had all ready put it in the ground and what not so I did not notice it had kicked the bucket today sorry.
And Sorry about your snake not making but I don't think you have failed its life and ever single living thing dies.

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O I read she had all ready put it in the ground and what not so I did not notice it had kicked the bucket today sorry.
And Sorry about your snake not making but I don't think you have failed its life and ever single living thing dies.

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No, but everyone has a grieving period

To the OP: I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. I hope you're able to heal and let yourself love another snake.

You have not failed. The only people who fail are the ones who deny they made mistakes and aren't able to pick theirselves up and move on. From why I've read, your halfway there! I send you condolences but I'm sure you don't want a pity party. Best if luck to you and I hope you can one day love another snake(:

I'm sorry for your loss. :(

Sorry to hear about your loss.

So sorry about your loss. You did not fail!

Very sorry to read about your little Penny. Be gentle on yourself; it's a hard time.

I'm so sorry that Penny passed away.

Sorry for your loss. It can really be heartbreaking! Keep your head up

I hate threads like this. :tears:

Sorry for your loss..it happens to the best of us.:(

Thank you everyone for your support. It's amazing to me that I only had Penelope for a little over 2 months and I already loved her so much. I haven't moved any of her things yet, but that's mainly because I really don't know where to put them at the moment.

On the nice side, my sister and I did a little classic girl healing treatment and went shopping last night. Nothing major, just a few candles and things for my room (and LOTS of chocolate!), but it helped to get out of the house for a couple hours.

All of us girls in the house feel the loss of Penny since she was so loving and sweet and her favorite thing in the world was to be held and petted (with swimming coming in at a very close second!) and we adored her and her snake kisses. My brother-in-law said I was a great Mommy to her and that it showed just how much attention I paid to her when I saw that she had gotten sick. Of course, he tried to make me feel better by saying that there was little I could do because it's pretty hard to take perfect care of reptiles and that even breeders and professionals have ones that get sick and pass away, and that she might not have made it even if we had gotten to the vet earlier because she got really bad really fast.

But in all, I'm healing. I miss her like crazy today and keep half-hoping to see her swimming in her water dish every time I look over at her tank. Perhaps one day I'll get another beauty I can love just as much. :)

Sorry for your loss.


Please make sure you very thoroughly disinfect the cage and everything in it if you intend to use it again at any point. If I had a reptile die to sickness, I think I'd probably throw most of the stuff out to be honest.

Well, she didn't have much in there. The subrate is being disposed of, as well as her hideaway since it was just a Kleenex box I had cut in half for her. (Yeah, I know. It was a temporary thing, and I had planned on getting her a PVC one, but she didn't seem to give a hoot what it was made of because she could curl up in it nice and snug and felt very secure.) The tank might get trashed, too, because there's actually a crack running along the bottom, but I could silicone that if I really wanted to. And her water dish was a plastic Tuppaware container.