I don't mean to be harsh, but it always the keepers fault. the snake being a weak individual is extremely unlikely. They have evolved over the millenia in an extremely harsh climate and the vast majority of weak individuals were culled long ago.

Instead of being insulted and lashing out, you could look to see where your errors occured, like the juvenile in a 4.5 foot cage. As was stated by others in this thread, that is way too big for such a little snake to feel secure in, and it will usually try to find security at the expense of everything, including proper temperatures. That is the most likely reason your snake got sick (for the second time). Look to the most likely cause of the problem, not some far fetched theory that will save your ego from a little bruising. Its about the snake, not you. Accept that the caging is innappropriate and fix it and I'm sure that you won't have this problem again. Good luck.

Will

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