Loss of a beloved member of the family

I am so sad and confused right now. I went to wash and fill water bowls and found my het Ghost male dead. He (or any of the others) have shown no signs of being ill. Temps are spot on, he has been eating just fine- nothing at all to give me any clue as to why this happened.
This sucks, I am bawling my eyes out. Wondering what I did wrong, what could I have done to prevent it? I don't have anyone new in there, even my snakes from Adam are still in quarantine. I wash my hands religiously, I check temps every day, even with the Helix running. He was such a special boy, always the sweetheart. I am going to miss you Eros, you will forever be in my heart.

Aww, I am so sorry to hear the news. Sometimes things happen in which we have know way of knowing, or preventing. Its not your fault. ((((((BIG HUGS)))))))

So sorry to hear about your loss... :tears:

Oh, I am so sorry to hear that. I know how it is.. I am closer to my animals than I am to most people. When one of them leaves you.. it is tough. :::hugs:::

Thanks so much everyone ((())). I just wish I could figure out why. Unless the vet is willing to wait a week on payment for a necropsy, wonder is all I will be able to do. Between rent, car payment and a few other bills I just paid this week, I have no cash on hand like I usually do for emergencies. I wonder if my landlord will let me have the rent back since I paid it early???

Oh I am sooo sorry for the loss of your snake:(

Aww, Ingrid :tears:

There's nuthin I can say to you except I'm so sorry *hugs*

so sorry for your loss. sometimes an animal will just die especially as you start to build a larger collection some of these really rare unusual stuff will pop up. It sounds like you take excellent care of your animals.

Last year I had a young adult albino die for no apparent reason. Unfortunately thing like that happen and they suck big time!

Justin

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Originally Posted by catawhat75

I am so sad and confused right now. I went to wash and fill water bowls and found my het Ghost male dead. He (or any of the others) have shown no signs of being ill. Temps are spot on, he has been eating just fine- nothing at all to give me any clue as to why this happened.
This sucks, I am bawling my eyes out. Wondering what I did wrong, what could I have done to prevent it? I don't have anyone new in there, even my snakes from Adam are still in quarantine. I wash my hands religiously, I check temps every day, even with the Helix running. He was such a special boy, always the sweetheart. I am going to miss you Eros, you will forever be in my heart.

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O no so sorry to hear this.

I'm so sorry to hear about your loss.

I've had the same thing happen with a Blurry girl I had. Justin is right, sometimes it just happens. She is actually my avatar.

You have the BP.net community to support you thru this.

So sorry for your loss! I would call your vet and see if you can refrigerate the body until a later date.

Heather, I wasn't aware that your Blurry girl had passed... what a shame. She was a beautiful snake, sorry for your loss as well.

I'm so sorry about your snake, i recently lost one of my boys and i bawled my eyes out it really surprised me that i reacted like that. Just never know how much you love them till they're gone, so sorry for your loss.

So sorry for your loss!
As Justin mentioned , things that we dont uunderstand even with the best care can happen. There are still alot of health issues with reptiles that are not fully understood. I had the same thing happen last year . I found a male wih no sign whatsoever dead in his tub. Keep your head up ! Bryan Brown

I really appreciate all the comments and kind words. I put him in the fridge and will call the vet in the morning.

I am so very sorry for your loss and I feel your pain! At this very moment our 11 yo golden retriever is at the ER vet and it doesn't look very good for him. I'll cry with you!

What does a necropsy (sp?) cost, anyhow? I could kick in a few bucks if it would help.

Awwww cata I'm so sorry. :(

Very sorry to hear about your loss.

Ingrid, I'm so very sorry to read of the loss of your snake. What an awful shock for you to find him like that when there was no obvious reason for his death. Big hugs dear, I'm so sorry this has happened.

Ingrid,

I'm so sad to read about the loss of Eros. As another poster her has already said, you have the love and support of the membership here. :hug:

I am so sorry to hear this Ingrid. Knowing the loss I just went through I can relate and it doesn't get any easier. I am very sorry hopefully your vet will work with you so you won't always have to wonder. :tears:

Oh sweetie, I'm sooo sorry. :( I would bring over like, 5 gallons of ice cream if you were close... (((Big hugs)))

Really sorry to hear about the loss of you animal. Keep your head up :grouphug: