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  • 11-15-2004, 08:33 AM
    AngelOfDeath
    Reptile Show this weekend!
    I came back from tha lib tonight and found a note on my door sayin that my roommate had fed my BP Loki........ this is strange because my snake just ate two mice on thursday and now its sunday and my roommate doesnt do anything for the snake, like buy food, pay vet bills, clean the tank or anything and has only held Loki like twice since I have owned him...... but aparently the story is one of tha kids that lives up stairs has a semi sick BP with mites, not eating, and bad shedding and so on.... and he was trying to feed his younger sick BP for about 4 or so days now but his bp wont eat ( because he is in shed but he just continued to try and feed him anyway) so he has had tha mouse without food or anything for like 4 days now and then him and my roommate and some of their other friends decided, after having a few drinks mind you that the were gonna take Loki out while i was not there and feed him this mouse that is starving and has been round his BP all tha time, which could have Internal parasites or whatever upstairs in the container that has mites in it from his snake- All of this because they wanted to show off for some girls or somethin ......... trust me i'm pissed ....... can't wait to talk to him after class..... he's deff gonna be payin the vet bill if somethin is wrong wit Loki........ anyone else think that is messed up ??
  • 11-15-2004, 10:43 AM
    Marla
    Yes, I think you need a lock on Loki's cage that requires either a key or a combination so he can't do it again. I hope for Loki's sake that the mouse didn't carry down any mites from the other snake.
  • 11-15-2004, 02:26 PM
    Shelby
    Oh my gosh, that's horrible. I'd be so pissed. I really hope your snake is ok.. that'd worry me a lot.
  • 11-15-2004, 02:38 PM
    Jeanne
    I would be livid. And I would definately make your room mate pay vet bills if there are any.
  • 11-15-2004, 02:39 PM
    TheDoctor
    yes the enclosure should have been locked, especially when youre staying with a roommate. the key should be kept to yourself unless youre going to need your roommate to feed your snake and stuff when youre away.
    when you say that the mouse had been around the sick snake for days, are you saying that they left it roaming around the snake??!!! you deffinitely need to monitor your BP`s health closely for the next few weeks. and yes i would be pissed.
  • 11-15-2004, 03:17 PM
    alexrls
    i would suggest a key not a combination only because if in the event that u do need ur roommate to take care of ur snake he then knows the combination and its pretty much pointless

    HOWEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    if u lose the key ur screwed so thats a plus for the combination
  • 11-15-2004, 03:35 PM
    TekWarren
    I had a similiar incident while I was living in a rented house with some friends. I went away for a weekend and came back to a live chick...yes that's a baby chicken in the enclosure with my BP. I was SO PO'd. But remember IF it's the first time try to stay cool headed. I only had to tell my buddies once and that was it. They just don't know that our "hobby" has alot more to it than they can fathom.
  • 11-15-2004, 05:22 PM
    sk8er4life
    geez thats messed up! If i had a roomate i wouldnt even bother any of there stuff(unless they were throwin dirty laundry every where,leavin stuff to mold,etc)
  • 11-15-2004, 06:10 PM
    BallPythonBabe448
    eeeeeeeeewwwww, moldy socks!

    I would be PO'd! I went insane when my mom put a new hide in my RTB's cage, and he got stuck in it! HE wouldn't come out ofr 2 weeks!
  • 11-15-2004, 07:03 PM
    alexrls
    jeez
    you think that bad?

    read my story that started last night!!
    (its the "FREAKY/ FUNNY story help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thingy)
  • 11-15-2004, 07:09 PM
    Brandon.O
    Yeah i have to agree, thats pretty messed up.

    Everybody knows not to mess with my snakes (or any other animal of mine) , they know they will end up in the emergency room.
  • 11-15-2004, 07:17 PM
    sophie42204
    I am angry just reading about it happening to someone else. IMHO, I would lock my room, not just the enclosure!
  • 11-15-2004, 07:29 PM
    BallPythonBabe448
    its her "roommate" so she would be locking them out of their own room.
  • 11-16-2004, 02:48 AM
    Cody
    Yep, one thing I dispise is people messing with my snake or her cage while I'm not around. It only took my sister once, and she was told. She had a friend over the other night and her friend was like "oooh can I see your brothers snake?" and instead of saying "I dunno, lets go ask him", she said "sure, follow me" and went into my room. They only opened the cage, lifted her hide, and looked at her while she was sleeping contently. But then my sister put the bricks on wrong that I weigh the top down with, so they were basically sitting on the mesh top. All it could've taken was for it to fall through and kill or injure poor Pelota. That, and she was in the middle of shedding, so I wasn't pleased with them risking unneeded stress for something so simple. I yelled at her and made sure that from now on if she wants to show off, ask me to get Pelota out.

    I really need a lock on my door, lol.

    Oh, and hope your snake doesn't have any health problems from your ignorant friend's mistake. :( Keep an eye on your bp for a while...I'm sure everything will be fine.
  • 11-16-2004, 01:36 PM
    Ginevive
    Ooooh, I would be enraged. I would sit and have a nice talk with the roommate about it though, instead of getting mad and attacking them. I have found that if you talk things through with someone, rather than blowing your top at them, things are way more likely to come out good in the end.
    I hope they take you seriously when you talk to him/her. If not I might consider finding a new roommate!
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