A Boa of my own!

[Dianne]

Everyone here has been very supportive and I honestly say that it has meant a great deal to me.

I've cleaned, and cleaned again. The infected enclosure has been wrapped and sealed in plastic and placed inaccessibly away in my basement, to be forgotten for now. Maybe in a year I'll take it out, disinfect it again and then put it away again for another year. Maybe I'll just toss it. I don't think I could ever bring myself to use it again.

After dealing with it and the clean up I've forsworn all snake keeping duties for the next week. 'Til then, my wife and daughter will need to handle the changing of water and such.

I'm a ball of stress over the whole thing. My wife tells me that I'm overreacting and that I should calm down. But I'm not sure that its possible to overact to this situation.

So sorry to hear the sad news. You are in my thoughts and prayers. I recently lost one of my corns that I’d had for 5 years. It is never easy. I completely understand the need to step back for a short time. I wouldn’t call that overreacting, just needing time to process everything. Wishing you the best.