Hello, its been awhile again.

[ClarinetPhoenix]

Its been a long time since I've posted. I know I'm not a pillar in the community here, but I do figure everyone does like to see happy and healthy herps.
Rowan:
https://i.imgur.com/yrsEgtG.png
Rei:
https://i.imgur.com/nh7SZks.jpeg
Aspen:
https://i.imgur.com/Cf1BLkY.png
Mosaic:
https://i.imgur.com/rwWb0Y9.png

I just recently got out of a nearly year long stint of personal/mental problems. During this time I had also neglected to completely care for my snakes, even changing water was a chore, feeding was sporadic, I never let them starve, but I definitely didn't feed as often as I should have so as a result Rowan is behind on growth for a boa of her age, and the others kinda stalled out.

The snake room was a disaster, the cages needed cleaning, temps adjusting and my apartment in general was a mess all the time. Kaz too was slightly neglected, I never cleaned his box and instead of monitoring his daily food intake I free-fed him. He was overdue for shots and overweight.Just within the last couple months or so I started to really come out of it, the game changer was that I decided to adopt a new kitten.
Meet Samson:
https://i.imgur.com/JVCkMFl.png

Now I know I was irresponsible, adopting a new animal when I couldn't even find the inspiration to care for my current pets, but getting this new bundle of life and energy is what drove me to improve my living situation. He gave me inspiration to improve and provide a life not only he deserved, but I deserved and what my resident animals deserved. He is my little bundle of joy and love, being a ginger tom he is so damn affectionate. I knew I couldn't continue to be neglectful when his love was unconditional.

I cleaned up my apartment, and now I keep it clean by tidying up daily and doing about an hour of chores twice a week, I keep the kitchen clean and the dishes done, the snakes are fed on schedule and their water is changed frequently. I keep their cages clean, I look for and remove poop on the daily if needed. Temps and humidity are monitored and maintained. I spent a day cleaning and readjusting the temps on everyone's cages. Everyone is now at perfect temperatures, well fed and watered.
I have also ordered Aspen and Rowan's cages from APCages, and they will be here in October, just in time for winter, I can't afford another winter of heating an entire room to keep tubs warm.

Both cats have gone to the vet, at decent expense from me. Shots caught up, Samson scheduled for a neuter and both cats confirmed healthy. My older cat was about 4lbs overweight for his size, both cats are on now a strict feeding schedule and I no longer free-feed, Kaz has since lost about a pound and he is definitely more active chasing this new kitten around. I also make sure to provide lots of enrichment for them and I'm in the process of building a massive cat tree/gym for them to enjoy. I also have started feeding raw-meat supplements with their food to try to improve their diet and water content.

I'm not proud of that time, and I definitely didn't deserve my animals. But I can gladly say I'm in a much better place now mentally and everyone is happy and healthy.
I just wanted to share my story today. I probably will lurk and be more active now.