Walked into my room this morning to find my ball python dead and not moving at all, even when I picked him up he was just totally limp. Balled my eyes out for a good 45 minutes telling myself I could have prevented it and how I wish I would have paid closer attention to him after he was being fussy about eating. I feel like I failed as a reptile owner. I know it sounds dramatic but I put a lot of time and money into this creature and it was my first snake. It crushed me and im being very hard on myself to the point where ive felt depressed all day.

How do you all get over the loss of a snake? Especially your first and only? Im almost afraid to buy another reptile :'(