Not a good morning!

I woke up this morning and smelt something horrible and went to check on everyone and found my male pied had passed away last night. I tried everything to get him to eat and go to the bathroom and everything but I guess it just didnt work out. I havent lost an animal in a really long time and I cant stand that I lost him! He was to pretty to die.

Ah man, very sorry to hear that. Do you know what caused him to pass?

man that sucks how old do you thing he was?? I hate the smell of finding a snake dead it just so much differnet than a dead rodent.

Im not sure how old he was. But we had problems with him from the start. We bought 4 baby balls at the show
1.1 albinos
0.1 pastel
1.0 pied

And all the others started off great I even got them to switch from mice to rats. But the pied didnt want to eat at all. He shed and still did not go to the bathroom I soaked him every night. I didnt everything. Well finally he went to the bathroom and He took a f/t pinky mouse and that was a week ago and he passed away last night. he ate once the whole time we had him and I had to open his mouth and stick the mouse in his mouth for him to eat it.

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Im not sure how old he was. But we had problems with him from the start. We bought 4 baby balls at the show
1.1 albinos
0.1 pastel
1.0 pied

And all the others started off great I even got them to switch from mice to rats. But the pied didnt want to eat at all. He shed and still did not go to the bathroom I soaked him every night. I didnt everything. Well finally he went to the bathroom and He took a f/t pinky mouse and that was a week ago and he passed away last night. he ate once the whole time we had him and I had to open his mouth and stick the mouse in his mouth for him to eat it.

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Sorry to hear that. How long did you have him? Did the seller give you a health / feeding guarantee?

Im actually talking to the breeder now about getting a refund

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Im actually talking to the breeder now about getting a refund

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First I'm very sorry to hear of your loss.
I'm guessing you let the breeder know the whole time that you were having problems with it eating?

I am so sorry for your loss.

Man thats a tough one. I'm sorry for your loss. Keep the chin up ....

Yea I have been in contact with the breeder the whole time.

Thanks everyone it was a hard loss

My condolences, Denial.:(

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Yea I have been in contact with the breeder the whole time.

Thanks everyone it was a hard loss

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Good deal...I hope it all works out for ya.

thanks everyone

Did you ever take him to the vet?

Very sorry to hear your bad news!
Mike.

No I didnt take him to my vet because we didnt think it was serious at first we just thought he was a picky ball. But he did eat for me about a week ago so I thought we was gonna get back on track. But he just didnt look right the past day or two

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No I didnt take him to my vet because we didnt think it was serious at first we just thought he was a picky ball. But he did eat for me about a week ago so I thought we was gonna get back on track. But he just didnt look right the past day or two

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I see...

Well, I'm very sorry for your loss.

I hope you get everything sorted out.

My sincere, heartfelt condolences go out to you. Even if you do get a refund, that still doesn't replace the pet you lost. They say time heals all wounds, but it's still hard knowing you tried so hard. Sometimes these pets just have their minds made up. :(

Sorry to hear that Danny. It really does stink to lose an animal.

Aww sorry to hear that, that really sucks :( Was it a really young baby still? Hopefully it hasn't been too long and the breeder will be reasonable and give you an exchange or refund, I know you paid a good amount for him.

Sorry for your loss, to loose any pet snake stinks but a pied is horrible.
I feel for you

Oh I am really sorry to hear about your loss.............:(

Thanks everyone! Yea it really sucks with the pied me and my wife have wanted a pied for three years now but never had the extra funds to spend on one but we saved and finally had enough to start to invest in some ball python morphs and it just didnt work out with this little guy.

sorry to hear that man, good luck with getting a refund. I know pieds are expensive.

Yeah sorry man that sucks!:tears:

I had a new addition die this year also. It arrived in horrible shape-totally emancipated-. Pastel Yellowbelly If I had seen this snake before the purchase I(or anyone else) would not have purchased the animal.
Be careful everyone when purchasing snakes,etc. through kingsnake.com or any other site. Most breeders are snake care experts, professional,and are animal lovers. Just demand current pics, feeding habits, etc. when purchasing a new animal. Shame on me for purchasing without a current pic and bill of health. I didn't ship the snake back because I thought it would die in transit. I gave him a chance but failed to turn his horrible health around. To get my money back, I probably would have to beat it out of the *^&^%$#@#$%^. OK, this is turning sour.
Sorry to hear about your loss. I also hope that you can work something out with the breeder.

Sorry about your loss :( But look at it this way....at least I'm not the only one in the world having a bad week!