Just wanted to vent some frustration about one of my friends from back home. Last time I came home for a visit, went to one of my best friends houses to hang out for the weekend. One of the roommates, whom i am decent friends with, showed me his snake. Now, the guy doesn't know a whole lot and was just going off of a general care sheet. First off, the room is really cold and he didn't have nearly enough power in that tank to heat it properly. Second he had a crappy dial thermometer. Third, the heating elements he did have were completely uncontrolled.
So, in an effort to help, gave him some advice- insulate the tank, digital thermometer, control device of some sort, ect...
Fast forward to yesterday, he gives me a call to tell me that his little guy died. turns out, he did nothing to improve the tank. not one thing out of all the advice i gave him.

my guess, prolonged crappy temps, poor security and probably a whole range of things added up and a dead snake is the result. His justification for not trying to make improvements? not enough money. apparently, $10 for a thermometer is just too much, and that extra few bucks for a dimmer switch and UTH- oh man, big bucks there.

alright, rant complete.