One of my snakes died.

[adamanteus]

When I came home from work this evening I found my female baby T.c.occelatus dead in the tank. No idea why, she was fine this morning. She's been eating regularly and showing no signs of anything being wrong. But there she was, dead. I'm gutted. I doubt I'll have the opportunity to replace her this year.

[zooplan]

Oh James I´m sorry for you.
I know what you may feel and what kind of questions will torture your brain.
Will you give her to a lab to find the cause of dead?

[Lori P]

Oh, I'm so sorry James. I know how it drives you nuts when you don't have any clue what happened... you just keep questioning yourself over and over. Really sorry.

Hugs from here!!

[adamanteus]

Thanks guys. It does drive you a bit crazy! I keep getting up to check on the male! I won't be sending her for tests, maybe if she had been older and died as mysteriously. It seems to me that babies can occasionally do this, one day fine, next day dead.

[Sid]

:(Sorry to hear of the bad news, James. I really know how yoou feel. Lost all but one from the rescued Eastern mom. Now looks like I may lose one of my female Wandering.

[CrazyHedgehog]

gutted for you James:(

[Snaky]

So sorry to hear James.

This can indeed happen to the young ones, I think this happened also to a few of my cyrtopsis cyrtopsis offspring...

[garterchick]

sorry for your loss, james. you're right, this kind of thing can happen for no reason, or at least that's what it seems like, i bet everyone had similar experiences at some time, myself included. 'guess that doesn't make things better for you, sorry.

[mikm]

James, So sorry ... yes, for myself, I always think there was something I may have missed and it can be maddening.

Best,

[ssssnakeluvr]

Sorry for your loss! I had that happen this summer also, my male albino eastern passed, was eating fine and came in one day and found him dead....it sucks!!!:(

[drache]

oh James
I'm so sorry
don't know what to say
it's so hard

[anji1971]

Oh, poor you. and snaky too. A very sad day indeed:(:(. My sympathies James.

[Stefan-A]

Damn. I'm really sorry to hear that, James. :( But it sort of goes to show that if it can happen to you, it can happen to anyone and for no apparent reason.

[Sputnik]

So, so sorry to hear that, James. Life really sucks sometimes (and death even more!).

Consider yourself hugged!

[enigma200316]

sorry to hear that mate, I'm sure you know how this stuff can just happen,
but still it sucks all the same, I wish you luck and hope you have no more problems............

[Gijs & Sabine]

I'm very sorry to hear this bad news, James :(
I also know the feeling of loosing one, it always sucks.......
I hope you'll get some comfort from all the kind words from the members here....

[enigma200316]

Don't feel to bad James, although I haven't lost a Garter I have just lose my Oscar to unknown reasons.........:( I know how that felt, it was just about a year old, and I've had it from a baby.......it sucked, but we must move on...................:)

[enigma200316]

R.I.P Oscarthesharkslayer........:(

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/Tiger_Oscar_Astronotus_Ocellatus_.jpg

[adamanteus]

Thankyou all for your kind words and virtual hugs! Much appreciated.:)
You're my favourite people.

[Charlet_2007]

R.I.P Oscarthesharkslayer........:(

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/Tiger_Oscar_Astronotus_Ocellatus_.jpg



Sorry for you loss but, at least you made it's life comfortable while it was here.. No another note what did you feed the oscar?

[DEKAN]

=( Sorry for your loss James... http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/1955/glompbyproamateuris4.gif Cheer up

[GrapefruiTgirl]

Expressing my condolences too.
Surely you did everything right, that you could.
Life always ends in death, that we know, but when it ends before we expect, it seems so terribly unfair..
SVA

[enigma200316]

many diff. kinds of Cichlid foods, almost never any fish if thats what you were thinks.........:) it is a true mystery on how or why, it was fine eatting and everything, was fine the night before, next morrning went to go feed it like usual and it was dead..........:confused:

[reptileparadise]

Damn, James...that sucks...Sorry for your loss.

[MoJo]

I'm so sorry for your loss. Too bad there is an ocean between us. I still have a female left!

Joanna

[adamanteus]

I'm so sorry for your loss. Too bad there is an ocean between us. I still have a female left!

Joanna

Thankyou Joanna. Keep her for me!:D

[chloe]

Sorry to hear your loss James.

[shanky]

Sorry about that :/

[hissy100]

so sorry james, my first garter went that way too

[Josh]

ouch sorry about that:(:(:(

[Charlet_2007]

many diff. kinds of Cichlid foods, almost never any fish if thats what you were thinks.........:) it is a true mystery on how or why, it was fine eatting and everything, was fine the night before, next morrning went to go feed it like usual and it was dead..........:confused:


yeah because ours when we first started out one of ours died from hole in the head form a gold fish.. I go with minnows from now on...

[salzar]

James so very sorry for the loss of your femail , gosh life is a pain in the b$# sometimes but everything happenes for some reason, dont know what , but so sorry
chin up!!!! michelle

[enigma200316]

yeah because ours when we first started out one of ours died from hole in the head form a gold fish.. I go with minnows from now on...


although it can be disputed, most people who kept them for a long time and have had lots of experiance with it, have told me hole in the head is
caused more by the inbalance of nitrates, and nitrites in the water, than form other things like fish, but thats just what I've been told......:)

[Thamnophis]

Hey James, bad luck! My condolances.

[GarterGirl]

Oh James! I am so sorry!
I know how you feel! :(

[Lulu Bennett]

ohhh gosh james i am soooooo sorry to hear this. my heart goes out to you sweety. good luck with the male. big hugs and kisses send first class. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx