terrible news

[Josh]

ok one of my snakes was eating the other wasnt and died. the female who was living was about to have babies. today she died while lying eggs idk know wat happened and i feel its my fault.

also idk no if i should get another one because idk how it died ......it could have been because of me

[adamanteus]

What kind of snake are we talking about, Josh? You don't mean your Garter Snake do you? I'm a bit confused about the egg laying thing... more info please.

[Josh]

actually she wasnt laying them yet but it was coming soon i could tell

[Josh]

i have no clue wat happened

[Elliot]

actually she wasnt laying them yet but it was coming soon i could tell

Garter snakes don't lay eggs is why he was confused.

[Josh]

wow lol im sorry, i ddidntwant them to matebut they did i actually just got my computer fixed yesterday so i was unable to get reasearch on it

[KITKAT]

It is likely that the snake that was not eating was sick, and gave the illness to the female, who could not handle the illness together with the stress of birthing.

I would not presume that it was your fault.

I would suggest that you soak the viv and all of the dishes and other equipment in bleach water... one ounce of bleach per quart of water... for 20 minutes, before getting another snake. After that, check some of the threads in the husbandry section as well as the caresheets in the Articles section of this forum, to make sure you were not making some sort of mistake.

Then, armed with that education, go ahead and get another garter or two, preferably from one of our forum members. That way you are less likely to bring in a disease from the outdoors.

Good luck!

[drache]

Josh
so sorry you lost them
it's really sad, but don't loose heart

[chris87]

so sorry you lost them

[Stefan-A]

Sorry about your loss.