I can't imagine what I would do in your situation... I don't know what more to say other than you have my condolences.

As for my opinion on what may have happened, well, I think the other posters have brought up the two most likely causes. It is possible that all your snakes shared a communal disease that was inapperant until they were all stressed. I don't want to jump on the IBD bandwagon or anything, but that is an example. The bloating was most likely a post-mortem artifact. I would thoroughly disinfect everything snake related and throw out anything that isn't easy to wipe clean if you plan on getting more snakes in the future.

To cheer you up, I would like to invite you to attend the Edmonton Reptile and Amphibian Society's spring show this weekend. It'll be lots of fun! Details are at www.edmontonreptiles.com. Welcome to Edmonton !

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• 4 dead snakes in 6 weeks. - reptile_dude, Wed Apr 27 19:34:21 2005
• Really sorry to hear about your loss - digital_reptiles, Wed Apr 27 19:46:20 2005
• RE: 4 dead snakes in 6 weeks. - Trueredtails, Wed Apr 27 20:23:40 2005
• i was gonna say what trueredtails said - koky6869, Wed Apr 27 21:20:31 2005
• RE: 4 dead snakes in 6 weeks. - sonoranreptile, Wed Apr 27 21:56:26 2005
• Sorry man, that's terrible... - joeysgreen, Thu Apr 28 03:26:24 2005
• RE: 4 dead snakes in 6 weeks. - matthewpope, Thu Apr 28 23:40:55 2005
• RE: 4 dead snakes in 6 weeks. - joeysgreen, Fri Apr 29 04:42:55 2005