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RE: Worst and Best things that ever happened concerning your burmese.... Here are my stories. Sory, long....

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Posted by: Antegy at Fri Oct 3 11:59:32 2003   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Antegy ]  
   

Brian,



First off, congratulations on your year of sobriety. And, your stories are moving, to say the least.



I'd have to say that the worst thing to happen regarding my burmese is entirely my fault. My first burmese, I got when I was in my early teens. As it happend, I wasn't much differnet than most teens as far as learning about life - especially through the process of experimentation. Unfortunely, some of my experimentation led to an addiction, which in turn drained me of all money, time, and self respect. I lost so much in that time, including my burm - who was so friendly, calm, and playful - who I could not afford to keep, and who I was too 'distracted' to take care of. To this day I'm still ashamed of that and other things I had done at the time. I wish I still had him (that wish is one of many things that keeps me completely straight now) - he would have been 16 years old now (I hope he is somewhere, happy and healthy).



The best thing would have to be the labyrinth burmese I have now. I got him about three years ago - and I think I pamper him, maybe on account of my past bad experience. He's about nine feet now, healthy and tame as any snake I've ever met. It makes me happy to keep him happy - I like the reciprical nature of it all.



Thanks for reading,

- Mark



You can find a few pics of him in my gallery here...

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