PLease READ and learn from our mistake!!

I am not posting this so we can get told what complete idiots we are. I am only posting this so someone might not make the same mistake we did. Please refrain from all negative comments. Nothing can be posted that will make us feel any worse....

We are in the military and just moved 1500 miles in the middle of winter with our entire collection. This is NOT the first time we have done this. All of our other moves have been completely event free and everybody has always arrived at our destination perfectly fine. Our SOP is all juvenials and anyone roughly under 1400g get put in a hatchling rack and anyone bigger gets doubled up in 32qt bins. Everyone rides in the SUV with us and is covered. Everyone also gets unloaded at every hotel everynight. The problems started this move by the moving company needing to take all of our stuff a few days early and it only being 30 something degrees out. A second notable is I am currently 6 months pregnant with our first chlid and not exactly having a good time with it. And too make things worse our dachshund at a whooping 8 lbs full grown has been mourning our American Bulldog who just passed away in her sleep the week before and has lost 1.5lbs....so to say we were a little stressed is probably an understatement but still no excuse...
So short story is I got worried about the hatchling rack with 15 of our snakes in it being too cold on our last night and plugged them in. Yes I have 2 different thermos still out incase we need them at hotels but I did not use it. Every 10 min me and my hubby checked on them and they were ALL still in the back where the heat is. Guess what ??? We fell asleep....I can blame it on anything and everything but it all comes down to BEING STUPID AND LAZY. We lost our gravid blk pastel, our gravid pied, our breeder blk bee, our breeder pied, and our breeder blkback albino. Also to top things off our vet had miss sexed our superpastel and she hooked up with our female pastel!!

PLEASE DO NOT MAKE OUR MISTAKE!! I hope someone will remember this post.

Good news - all moved! All snakes reset up and all but 2 off our gravid females have eaten again. They were off food before we moved so not worried. And Guinness our dog is eating again!

I'm so sorry to hear this :( I know what you mean about plugging them in, because you certainly didn't want them to die from being too cold either! Thanks for sharing - we are military too, so this is a good thing for us to keep in mind when we finally have to move ours. Will definitely make sure I keep a thermostat for them. Sorry for your loss :(

Sorry for your loss, thank you for your service, thank you for sharing a terrible lesson, and all the best going forward. :salute:

Thank you for your service, unfortunately life happens and you take the bad for the good. Hope the new place treats you well!

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*hugs* Sorry to hear that. What a terrible loss. I really hope things get better for you and your family from here on out.

Just curious, where did you move from/to?

Washington State, Bremerton
to Coronado, CA

That's a bummer. Sorry for your loss. :( I couldn't imagine a move like that with snakes, that would be tough.

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Sorry to hear about your losses, guys. :(

First, I am so sorry for your loss. Mistakes happen, especially on a move. I am sorry you lost your snakes. Second, thank you for your service and sharing this for all of us!

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Originally Posted by Wapadi

Washington State, Bremerton
to Coronado, CA

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Oh okay, I thought you had moved cross country since you said 1500 miles and your location said WA, I thought maybe you moved out here my way :) we are at Ft. Bragg NC. Best of luck with the rest of your snakes... I dread the day we have to move all of ours!

You are indeed a terrible terrible person. Daring to sleep while travelling, why, the nerve. You probably should have any snakes much less a psuedo-dog. Some people just shouldn't have pets...

However, you are not one of those some people who shouldn't be having pets. I can't see anything you did that wasn't right and proper, so don't beat yourself up over it. It's a bummer, no doubt of that, but it's not like you didn't do everything you could every step of the way.

One thing though, if you want to say you have a dog, you actually should have a dog.

It's a terrible thing to loose your babies. Me and my boyfriend are moving in march. Luckily only 15 miles away. I can't imagine 1500 miles. I hope you feel better soon. You have a little on coming, congrats on that. And congrats on your doggie eating again XD


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I'm so sorry to hear about your loss Robin. If it can happen to you then it can happen to anyone. You're a top notch keeper. Thanks for sharing this as a warning to everyone else. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help moving forward. You guys are good people and my friends.

Regards,

B

I'm sorry for your losses.
You did all you can do in that sort of situation. It's tough traveling with that many animals. Don't blame yourself.
Good to hear that your dog is doing better.

Oh wow, it's so unfortunate to have something like that happen but what can you do except move forward. Just one of those mistakes that anyone can make under the right circumstances and at the very least, the rest of your collection made it safe and sound!
Since I plan on moving up to Washington/Oregon in the next year or two, I'll definitely bear this in mind when transporting my critters.

I really hope things pick up for you and you all settling in nicely!

I don't think anyone in their right mind would attack you. We are human and we all make mistakes. Some just don't realize how attached I can be to a snake (or two). But people here understand. I am very sorry for your losses and highly appreciate your willingness to share your experience with all of us. That's what these forums are all about. Everyone starts a beginner and they learn along the way with the help, support, and god-like patience of those who came before us who are willing to guide us and freely give to others their valuable experiences. These types of lessons and experiences are extremely valuable to our community...So I thank you for taking the time to share this with us...

AND I also thank you (and ALL military personnel) for the sacrifices you make each and every day to ensure we have the freedoms we have...

I am very sorry this happened to you. It's a terrible thing no matter how you look at it. Just to clarify for me, did the rack get too hot or too cold? I'm a little fuzzy on that. I know overheating can kill quickly, even more so than cold I believe.

I wish you all the best in your new home, and I hope that the ones you still have offer you some comfort for the ones you lost. Truthfully it will probably only make it worse, but I hope it helps in some small way.

Gale

They got too hot.


Thank you everyone for being so supportive. It helps!
Good news - YB is pre lay shedding! And two others are now ovulating for sure!
And life goes on......