AHH! A frustrating and gross day for Irwin

[dkatz4]

I am hoping that the rule of 3's is in effect and that my bad luck got all used up in one day.

~This morning Irwin had shed, as expected, but for the first time it was not perfect. No retained skin or eye caps or anything, but the skin was shredded into pieces, he's only ever given me perfect rolled up socks in the past. I think it has to do with the spot he was occupying in the enclosure and i suspect he may have shed the night before and been sitting on it for a day b/c it was rather dry.

~This evening he fights me getting out of the enclosure, as always, but this time gets all snugged away behind a shelf and i'm pretty sure scraped his head a bit. No missing scales or injury, but some marks on his head that i've seen before once when i actually watched him get his head stuck in a tight spot - so literally less than a day on his fresh skin and its marred.

~ and then...
~~ and then... ...
HE POOPED ON THE DAMN COUCH!!!
Its just 5 days short of the one year anniversary of the last time he did this, although this time he didn't actually get me, just the couch, so i spent 45 minutes cleaning and scrubbing, and i cant find the febreeze so i jammed a bunch of dryer sheets between the cushions (that covered up the smell of weed when i was a teenager, so why not the smell of snake piss in my 30's?) and tomorrow i'll man up and tell my wife that i need to use the upholstery shampooer b/c the cat threw up on the couch because, hey, the cat throws up all the time - and i need more snakes.

-BUT, on a positive note, i measured Irwin tonight, as i always do after a shed, and finally, after hovering within an inch and a half for 6 months, we have officially hit 4 feet!