The one thing I couldn't ever imagine happening and that I dread is having my snakes die that are vitally important to my collection and slowly beginning business. My snakes are my weak spots but they are also my greatest strengths.

I am very sick with a flu right now and screaming on the top of my lungs was the last thing I wanted to do.. I was laying in bed tonight with a horrible sore throat watching a TV series. I decided to get up and go shower in case it helped with the constant ringing I've had in my ear all day. I was walking down the hallway and I noticed my snake room door slightly open. This door is ALWAYS closed to prevent the domestic house pets and people from coming in while I'm not present in the room. I walked in and noticed that certain things were moved around. As I look to my right I see my sister pulling the aluminum tape off of the stand that supports my thermostat and probe so the UTH's do not overheat (Ball pythons and a Bredli python tubs on this stand). My instant reaction was to ask what she was doing with a serious, loud tone. After telling me she was organizing and there was tape everywhere (also after telling me some of her stuff that I "stole" was in the room), I freaked out and yelled out on the top of my lungs with some curse words followed by "get out".

I am so glad I had caught this very early. I would have not known by any means and if I didn't, the probe that controls the UTH's would have fallen off and wa-lah: overheated, dead snakes. Everything on that stand is well worth over $500 of my own money. And because I was breeding, two of my females were being paired. I could have lost 6 snakes in total. And one of those females is the center of my heart that I just couldn't bare to lose.

This whole event that happened tonight made me crash. Just the thought of losing my snakes depresses me more than almost anything could, and being very well close to that or a major fire hazard is just out of this world. This is exactly why NO ONE is ever allowed in there unless I'm present.

Sorry for rambling.. I felt like this was something I needed to share as I'm still really upset over it. Thanks for reading.