Emergency! Massive heat spike from having thermostat pulled free of the heat tape!

[Redneck_Crow]

And thank you for the kind words everyone.

Ivy, my 1700g spider girl, is definitely out of it, she moves a little now and but no tongue flicking and she is very weak... She has fully cooled down and her cages temps are back to normal so I think it's time to put her back and hope she recovers.

I can't believe I lost my normal boy... Anubis was my first ball python

-Jason that's a really good idea, if my spider girl makes it and is able to function normally I'll definitely try that. If she doesn't do well or live I don't think I want to work with ball pythons anymore, at least not for the time being... I've put in so much and have had such terrible luck with it

If she dies, buy another one.

I'm not saying that to be a jerk. I've had a similar experience. I had to go out of town to a family funeral during the dead of winter, and my power went down for two days. When I got back, most of my reptiles were dead. A couple were dying.

Kaa, my first ball python and my favorite, held on for a long time. A couple of times it almost looked like he was free and clear, then he would get worse. Ultimately he quietly slipped away.

After that, I got rid of all of the reptile stuff. Didn't go to a reptile show for years.

It's only this year that I started feeling that pull of something missing. Almost reluctantly I bought a couple of young snakes, one of which was so damn nasty that I had to handle her a lot to get her settled down. I really enjoyed it.

I spent 15 years of my life not having the animals I enjoy working with. I could kick myself in the rear end now for not going straight out and buying another snake. All through life we lose that which is precious to us. We lose animals, friends, people, jobs, things....the list goes on.

I was a fool to deny myself that which I truly enjoyed because a bad thing had happened. Don't let the bad experiences be a prison that keeps you from enjoying the good.

My $.02 anyways.