Excuse the self-indulgence of this post.
I had a message on my machine tonight from one of my vets.
I have a few vets that I see, just depends on what I need done, and what services they offer. I do not update with one vet or another, as due to the number of snakes it is usually just a PRN visit.
I came home the other day to a message on my machine that it was time for Ash`s annual checkup. Ash was put to sleep last year for a prolonged RI and what was best described at the time as `system failure`.
He had 3 years of abyssmal husbandry, and when I got him he was not shedding, eating, sleeping, etc. I got him on track and then about six months in he just started to fail consistently and rapidly. After 3 rounds of antibiotics I had to make that tough decision.
It broke my heart to put this snake down, but it was harder watching him struggle to stay alive.
This is one of the reasons I can be a bit harsh with laissez-faire keepers that figure that the snake can just make it work and that attention to husbandry is just us being neurotic.
There are consequences, and it is the snake that pays the price.
But yeah, blah. blah. blah.
Getting that message just kinda put me on a 2 day downer thinking about this snake and how amazing he was. My first BP, a difficult snake to get thriving, but he taught me so much about BPs that I am always going to be grateful to him.
That and I really miss him.
Reply With Quote