Your worst loss?

[Sariel]

As a couple people know I just made the move from North Carolina to New Orleans, LA with thanks to the US Marines. We've actually been pretty excited about the move, it was supposed to happen when my husband got back from Iraq, but was delayed for a few months. No big deal.
Everything went very smoothly, TMO grabbed our stuff, we owed nothing to our apartment complex for clean up or damages. The drive was only 15 hours with only one wrong turn that was quickly corrected. We found our new apartment the first day we got down here, spent a decent night in a nearby hotel then switched to and extended stay hotel as our apartment is still occupied untill the 31st.
I really should have been leary of all this going in our favor and paid alittle more attention in the rush between hotels. With my mind spinning with all that needed to be done and getting everything out of the hotel room before check-out I managed to not tie the bag containing my fire female properly. Now I have to keep a small collection since we move every four years or so. Consisting of two females, and two males. This girl was by far my favorite, most promising, best eater, and most expensive.
I'm assuming she got loose in my truck on the way to the new hotel room, given that its been a week now without a sign of her I think its safe to say that barring a miracle, shes pretty much gone for good. She is chipped, which is were Im putting hopes on my miracle, but I've resigned myself to changing my breeding plans.
I dont usually share in my drama, but given how adept snakes are at going MIA, I thought I might give people a chance to vent with me and share their own losses. Maybe it will help others think twice when they would have rushed through something .

[Boanerges]

I am sooooo sorry to hear this I really hope by some chance you find her!!

[wilomn]

A week is not that long. Maybe put a bowl of water in the truck at night, see if she's in it in the morning. Also, did you check with the hotel you stayed in? Maybe she turned up there. Check with animal control and see if any have been turned in.

[Sariel]

I am sooooo sorry to hear this I really hope by some chance you find her!!

Thanks man, my poor husbands had to deal with me being moody all week because of it. lol. I loved that girl and had alot of hopes planned on her breeding future. At this point I'm pretty much just hoping someone understanding finds her and gives her a good home.

[dsirkle]

I bet that it is safe and sound in your truck jammed into some insulation somewhere. Try putting out a water bowl as suggested and also put out a mouse in a cricket container of some kind that would keep the mouse securely but allow ventilation to spread the scent around.

[Sariel]

I bet that it is safe and sound in your truck jammed into some insulation somewhere. Try putting out a water bowl as suggested and also put out a mouse in a cricket container of some kind that would keep the mouse securely but allow ventilation to spread the scent around.

Yah Ive put out two mice so far, was checking pretty much every few hours up untill the last couple days. I havent tried water yet with the humidity being so high out here, but I'll go put out a bowl today. It is possible she's still crammed into some spot I cant see.
I havent called the hotel, mostly out of fear of reprisal and she really didnt have much time to escape before she was transferred to the truck. I figure if they did find her they either tossed her outside or called animal control. I have been trying to contact the local shelters with little feedback yet.

While I didnt start the thread for sympathy I do appreciate the support you guys are sending my way. Thanks to all

[Seru1]

Well I dunno if this is only snakes or not but here goes.



My worst loss was my dad, he died the February before I graduated high school. It hit me very much by surprise. We had, in the past 4 years been enemies. But he was trying hard to repair mistakes made when I was a child. I never let him, and he died one night with all we had between us unforgiven. I loved him, but I was young and never said it. When I graduated that year I did so in a way I hoped he woulod have found funny.


Children are stupid, I know I was. I lost him, and I tink of it every day.

[j_h_smith]

Well I dunno if this is only snakes or not but here goes.

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But he was trying hard to repair mistakes made when I was a child. I never let him, and he died one night with all we had between us unforgiven. I loved him, but I was young and never said it. When I graduated that year I did so in a way I hoped he woulod have found funny.


Children are stupid, I know I was. I lost him, and I tink of it every day.

As long as he found comfort in trying to repair the relationship, then all you have to do is realize, that he was fine at the time of his death. This has to be a big consolation knowing that he was okay at that time.

Take Care!
Jim Smith

[Seru1]

As long as he found comfort in trying to repair the relationship, then all you have to do is realize, that he was fine at the time of his death. This has to be a big consolation knowing that he was okay at that time.

Take Care!
Jim Smith

I was being a real jerk of a teenager at the time...I should have told him I forgave him, and participated, instead of ignoring his phone calls and trying to punish him for past wrongings.

[j_h_smith]

I was being a real jerk of a teenager at the time...I should have told him I forgave him, and participated, instead of ignoring his phone calls and trying to punish him for past wrongings.

Trust me, all of us were jerks as teenagers. Moms and Dads realize that we think with our hormones and not our brains at that age. If your Dad continued to try to repair the relationship, he knew you loved him and of course he loved you. The only punishment that is going on now is your remorse for being a kid. Stop it, stop it right now. You know your Dad loved you, and he knew you loved him. Trust me on this one. I've got 4 kids, 24, 20, 19 and 15. The oldest 3 had their own specific issues with Mom and Dad, but I can tell you, I NEVER stoppped loving them. As a matter of fact, when our relationship was in turmoil, I loved them even more.

Just realize that he loved you enough to never give up on you.
Jim Smith