FIRE at Boas and Balls in Colorado

[Mr Oni]

[elbee]

Prayerful and so sorry to hear

[Naomijoy]

oh that makes me so sad

[boasandballs]

Waiting to hear updates. My concern is with the smoke and inhalation damage. In the Pro Exotics fire we had about a dozen snakes survive the day, but all then passed within two weeks from respiratory damage. Double heartbreak...

Yes Robyn you are right.
So far I have lost about 70 of the bp's, my leachies, and several chameleons. Most of the bp's drowned because of the water to put out the fire.
Now there is a lot with ri, and we are treating them, I have lost some from this.
It has been hard and time consuming to get there cages moved and heat re-set up. A lot of the thermostats were damaged by water or probes pulled out when the cages were moved out of the house. Thank god for the firefighters, there was a lot of them helping caring cages out and loading them onto the two skid steers to move them. It took 5+ hours to pull all the snakes and move them to our rodent barn. Then two days and a u-hall to move them to one of our Jurassic pet stores.
Now that they all have heat again I hope we keep the losses to a minimum.
Sadly we did not have business insurance, but on the bright side I have had 2 clutches of baby boas born since the show and one clutch of bp eggs laid. I don't have an incubator anymore so that is the next hurtle to go over.

The fire was started in the garage. The fire investigators have determined it was a dear mouse chewing a wire on my silk screen heaters cord.

The hardest loss for us right now has been the dogs. You can see some of the on www.greatwhitegoldens.com.

We are still in a hotel and it sucks. I hope we can find a rental soon.

Best news is we got the go ahead to start the rebuild.

[mackynz]

I'm so sorry for your loss and glad to hear that some animals were able to be saved. It sounds like you handled this situation better than most people would be able to, kudos for being so proactive and good luck on the road to recovery.

on the bright side I have had 2 clutches of baby boas born since the show and one clutch of bp eggs laid

Seeds of the future right there.

[Kaorte]

This is just heart breaking. I don't even know what to say.

I am so so sorry for the loss of your pups. That is just devastating. They were so beautiful!!

And what a beautiful house!!

I am glad that you were able to save some of the animals.

I'll be thinking about you guys!!

[Robyn@SYR]

I can't imagine losing 5 dogs, so sorry about that.

Sorry to hear of the aftermath with respiratory issues as well. Prolonging the loss only makes it harder. Best of luck in getting your collection on stable healthy footing Lynn.

[DooLittle]

I'm so sorry about your poor dogs. They were beautiful. How sad.

[sharkrocket]

I didn't even know white golden retrievers existed. I'm so so sorry for the loss of your fuzzy and scaly family members. I'm glad to hear that you have new babies on the way though. May they bring you cheer.

[angllady2]

I am very sorry for you in your great loss. It breaks my heart to think of what you have been through and still must face ahead. I am glad you made it out safely. And I am glad you have decided to rebuild your home, your lives and your dreams.

When the Pro Exotics fire happened, I told Robyn when he was ready to begin collecting snakes I had a baby of his choice waiting for him and the PE gang. Now of course we know the guys aren't going to get back into breeding, and that's fine. So, I extend my offer to you. When you are ready to begin collecting snakes again, contact me and I will send you pictures of any baby's I currently have, and the baby of your choice is yours to help you begin anew. It's not a lot, but I want to help you in any way that I can.

I wish you all the best.

Gale