Rant
Just got back from a trip to discover Scarlette had been neglected by the person we had watching over our animals. They have petsat for me before, none of what happened makes sense to me. I left explicit care instructions out for her, and they weren't followed. Upon entering the room, I was hit by a nasty smell. When nearing her tub I knew that it was the source. I found it with a quarter inch of water sitting on the bottom, her waterbowl discolored and overflowing, and mold covering the wood I had gotten from the local pet store. She, luckily, was perching and not sitting in the water. I moved her out of the enclosure and she coiled around my wrist after I had checked her over a few times. She seems okay and is active and alert, but what happened to her is completely unacceptable. The person knew there was an animal in there, but still allowed it to get this bad. The weirdest part is, all my other reptiles are fine.
Moving on from that as there is little I can do besides avoid the person who 'cared' for her, Scarl seems okay. So, that's good. At this point though, I'm contemplating just moving her in to the other (larger) tank I was waiting to move her in to. I don't know what to do stress-wise. Should I just thoroughly clean out her tub? Or just move her to a tank she was going to be moved in to?
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