Killerrookie
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Hello, friends, I want your thoughts on what could of happened to Harlee my gfs snake she got back in September.
She bought a the snake at a reptile convention in Chicago from LLLReptiles. The snake seemed very healthy and active. He wasn’t eating for a couple months, but I told her not to worry about it because they tend to be finicky eaters.
When I arrived to visit my gf I decided to help and get the snake to eat. I successfully got him to eat his mouse and we were happy. This was on January 9th.
Fast forward to January 15th we decided to clean out his enclosure. Using white distilled vinegar and water. Replaced the substrate. When doing that I checked in the fella and a weird odor was coming from him. The smell to me was similar to something decaying. I gave him a warm bath to help get rid of the smell then placed him back in the enclosure.
Throughout the week he seemed fine. Always checked on him and was active and seemed healthy to me.
January 17th, Girlfriend wanted to handle him so I went to grab the little bugger. What I found was shocking to me. He was stiff and dead. I don’t know what the cause of death was, but he was reading. The smell was just like the one I smelt Monday. It was very strong this time around.
Here are some pictures of him dead.
Maybe you guys could help figure out what happened?
If you have anymore questions just ask and I’ll answer them. Thank you guys.
She bought a the snake at a reptile convention in Chicago from LLLReptiles. The snake seemed very healthy and active. He wasn’t eating for a couple months, but I told her not to worry about it because they tend to be finicky eaters.
When I arrived to visit my gf I decided to help and get the snake to eat. I successfully got him to eat his mouse and we were happy. This was on January 9th.
Fast forward to January 15th we decided to clean out his enclosure. Using white distilled vinegar and water. Replaced the substrate. When doing that I checked in the fella and a weird odor was coming from him. The smell to me was similar to something decaying. I gave him a warm bath to help get rid of the smell then placed him back in the enclosure.
Throughout the week he seemed fine. Always checked on him and was active and seemed healthy to me.
January 17th, Girlfriend wanted to handle him so I went to grab the little bugger. What I found was shocking to me. He was stiff and dead. I don’t know what the cause of death was, but he was reading. The smell was just like the one I smelt Monday. It was very strong this time around.
Here are some pictures of him dead.
Maybe you guys could help figure out what happened?
If you have anymore questions just ask and I’ll answer them. Thank you guys.
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