Our green tree python died.

[JessH]

We had this snake for almost 4yrs. He was just starting to turn green and I was giving some friends a tour of our house and went to pull him out, and he was dead. He was on the bottom of the cage, which wasn't unusual when he was getting ready to shed. My husband and I are so upset. He was the coolest reptile we had and we have no clue what happened.

[Holbeird]

I'm very sorry, i know how shocking it can be when a snake dies so suddenly.

[Ladydragon]

sorry about your loss. Are you going to have a necropsy done to find out why the snake died?

[jjspirko]

It is one of the sadder things that happens as a keeper to loose a snake. I can't say I am as crushed when I loose a snake as I am when I loose a cat or a dog but it is a loss you feel none the less.

I lost my very old Kansas Red Sided Garter earlier this year. She had survived an ignorant jerk with a hoe or shovel or something that had stubbed her tail and left her with some scars. A friend in Kansas found her and sent her to me for my shows. I kept her about 4 years and she was the largest garter I have ever seen, despite missing 6 inches of tail and ate XL mice. Hundreds of kiddos had held her and got past fear. She was also my neice's snake that "Lives at Uncle Jack's House". When I burried her in the back yard I was pretty sad.

Sorry to hear about your loss, I hope the memories you have are very good and hope you take on another one. GTPs are special snakes and those who do the hard work to keep them are special people, my thoughts are with you. Here's a hug from a fellow herper that knows how you feel,

[littleindiangirl]

That is so sad to hear! I'm sorry for you loss. I hope things keep looking up from here.

[MelissaFlipski]

I am so sorry! That is awful and what a terrible shock. My thoughts are with you.