how is this possable?

[Dragons91RS]

ok can some one possably explain this. my wife is a livejournal user and found this girls message. what I want to know is how a healthy snake as she says is going to drown its self when only inches away from a log? some thing about this just seems wierd to me.

"I'm horrified. This morning I had to clean the cage of my Blue Beauty, he was having a rough shed and had bits of shed mixed in with a recent defecation all over his cage, and he was particularly wriggly (still shedding) and active. I took him out and soaked him in the critter keeper, filled to the usual height of about four inches of warm treated water with a climbing branch on which to rest. Every other time I've soaked him, he has swum about and then relaxed and enjoyed the swim, and he soaks in his bowl often, so I thought nothing of it as I cleaned and reset his tank. After about 15 minutes I went to fetch him, and he was lying at the bottom, mouth wide open, dead. He drowned himself in four inches of water. I've never imagined or seen such a thing."

[freakoverdose1]

Well she shouldn't have ever put the snake in four inches of water. Their should only be enough for the snake to rest on the bottom while soaking and have its head above the water. They are not expected to swim yet just slither on the bottom. It was her fault and shame on her for claiming suicide on her snake

[Marla]

Ditto what Justin said. There's no way that Taiwan beauty was anywhere near 4" thick and she should have known better. I'll bet it was more than 15 minutes, too.

[JLC]

Well, I don't think she's claiming that the snake intentionally killed itself. And she says she offered a branch for it to rest on, so it wouldn't have to keep swimming to stay alive. Maybe her "warm" water was too hot and that is what killed the snake. Maybe it's difficult shed was due to other problems that led to its death. :shrug: Who knows? I do know you never leave ANY critter in a bath without direct, constant supervision! I hope she's learned something and doesn't ever leave a three year old alone in the bath.

[gozetec02]

First of all how big is a critter keeper the ones i have seen are not shallow they are tall and 4 inches of water is way too much i maybe put an inch of warm water at the most and let the humidity buildup in the rubbermaid tub take care of it. I think the water is used to increase humidity and to let him drink if he wants to. Even though snakes are good swimmers they are not water proof. Even with their mouths closed they still cant plug their nose. Very very sad story.

[The_Godfather]

One inch would have sufficed.

Another reason to always monitor them while bathing. It's just like leaving your 8 year old in the pool and going to drop the other kids off at the pool for 15 minutes, you can hope for the best, but accidents happen....