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So I finally got around to checking on the snakes today and feeding.
I am still really upset about all of this and stressed too, I'm just going to list it, and hopefully feel a little less hopeless when I have reviewed...I doubt it though.
1. My last baby from Cleo's litter I found dead in his cage. I dont know why.
2. Dudette bit me I have a nice hole in my thumb.
3. Cleo managed to grab the tongs I use to feed the stupid dead rats to the currently frustrating snakes and managed to start swallowing the rat with the tongs over her head, but managed to THANKFULLY wiggle her way out AND keep dinner down.
4. Noah bit me. No surprise there.
5. Zeek spilled his water.
6. Dude spilled HIS water.
7. All my cages are smelling moldy if not actively growing shrooms.

And everything seemed fine this morning!
Ugh!
I'm going to go to bed now, and cry, and then wake up and bury my poor little Mad Hatter and then finish cleaning and tending to my little imps. Hopefully I will have my wits restored when everything starts smelling better.
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Jess
2.4 adult brazilian rainbows
1.1 baby BRBs born 6/18
1.0 normal corn
1.0 african brown house snake
0.1 hypo Boa constrictor
0.1 normal ball python
2.3.1 crested geckos
1.1 western hognoses
0.2 kitties Marina (aka Mayhem)and Chaos
1.0 boyfriend to keep me spoiled
1.1 paranoid parents "too many snakes!"

Jess, I'm sorry to hear you've had a rough night. Losing an animal is never fun, especially when it is one of your babies. I hope all of your snakes calm down, and that you feel better soon. Perhaps some ice cream is in order?
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Aubrey Ross

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www.SlipstreamSerpents.com

Sorry to hear all that happened. Time to reset, clean up and get on with it.
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
24.36 BRB
19.19 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

Sorry Jess! Sounds like a rough night!
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Amber Liann
1.0 Suriname BCC (Aloysius)
1.0 Colombian BCI (Austin)
0.1 BRB (Carmen)
4.5 KSB (Snow, Anery, Albino)
1.0 Pueblan Milk (Marishka)
1.1 Sinaloan Milk
1.1 Hypo Honduran Milk (Damien & Lucy)
1.1 Pastel BP
1.0 Spider BP
1.2 Het Pied BP
1.1 Het Albino BP
1.7 Ball Pythons
0.1 Crested Gecko (Chloe)
1.2 SHTCT Leos (Rico, Sabine, & Yazmine)
0.1 Albino Leo (Mandy)
0.1 Leo (Lola)
2.0 Bearded Dragons (Sydney & Dundee)
1.0 Uro (Kegan)
2.1 Wiener dogs (Dakota, Montana, Cheyenne)

Good luck with the cleaning, have to take the good with the bad i suppose.
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Russ
1.0 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Apollo)
1.0 Columbian Rainbow Boa (Odin)
1.0 Guyana Red-Tail Boa (Ares)
0.1 Pastel Salmon Boa (Minerva)
0.1 Rosy Boa (Athena)

Melbourne, Fl

Jess,
..We learn from our mistakes. And I am an especially slow learner so I have made more mistakes and killed more snakes along the way than most anyone else. We used to kill a lot of snakes because we did not know some of the seemingly simpler things we know today. I see two clues in your post. All the cages are smelling moldy and normally calm snakes are doing odd things. I wonder exactly what is causing the moldy smell and if it might be more than mold? Perhaps some microscopic things are growing and producing noxious fumes that killed the smaller snake and are irritating the larger ones? a Little amonia gas coming off a biochemical reaction could cause respiratory problems. Look at everything and I am sure you can come up with better ideas to investigate than mine.
Jeff

>>So I finally got around to checking on the snakes today and feeding.
>>I am still really upset about all of this and stressed too, I'm just going to list it, and hopefully feel a little less hopeless when I have reviewed...I doubt it though.
>>1. My last baby from Cleo's litter I found dead in his cage. I dont know why.
>>2. Dudette bit me I have a nice hole in my thumb.
>>3. Cleo managed to grab the tongs I use to feed the stupid dead rats to the currently frustrating snakes and managed to start swallowing the rat with the tongs over her head, but managed to THANKFULLY wiggle her way out AND keep dinner down.
>>4. Noah bit me. No surprise there.
>>5. Zeek spilled his water.
>>6. Dude spilled HIS water.
>>7. All my cages are smelling moldy if not actively growing shrooms.
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>>And everything seemed fine this morning!
>>Ugh!
>>I'm going to go to bed now, and cry, and then wake up and bury my poor little Mad Hatter and then finish cleaning and tending to my little imps. Hopefully I will have my wits restored when everything starts smelling better.
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>>Jess
>>2.4 adult brazilian rainbows
>>1.1 baby BRBs born 6/18
>>1.0 normal corn
>>1.0 african brown house snake
>>0.1 hypo Boa constrictor
>>0.1 normal ball python
>>2.3.1 crested geckos
>>1.1 western hognoses
>>0.2 kitties Marina (aka Mayhem)and Chaos
>>1.0 boyfriend to keep me spoiled
>>1.1 paranoid parents "too many snakes!"

Sorry to hear about your loss, and the rest of the bad things that happened.
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Mike

2.4 BRB
1.2 Spotted Python
1.0 Cal. King

oh hon! that's terrible! I am so sorry. wear some gloves and do some cage cleaning and when everything smells clean and you don't have any new bites i bet you will feel a little better
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-Jasmine

1.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boas
(Mercutio and Kajika)

Well I am going to bury the little Hatter today and get my stupid cages cleaned and look for new cages. Because of all the adults spilling water in the wooden tower cage (similar to Daves breeding setup without the tubes) the wood is warping and getting really funky between the heat in the cages and the constant availablity of at least one bowl of spilled water.
Its about time for new cages I think. Fortunately I have some money saved up.
Today is better. Thank goodness.
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Jess
2.4 adult brazilian rainbows
1.1 baby BRBs born 6/18
1.0 normal corn
1.0 african brown house snake
0.1 hypo Boa constrictor
0.1 normal ball python
2.3.1 crested geckos
1.1 western hognoses
0.2 kitties Marina (aka Mayhem)and Chaos
1.0 boyfriend to keep me spoiled
1.1 paranoid parents "too many snakes!"

Wooden cages can be problematic. Both of my sets have full formica floors and one even has all the walls and ceiling formica'd as well. That and a good bead of caulk and I don't have any problems with moisture penetrating the cages. Also, those huge water bowls I use are hard for the snakes to tip and spill so almost never have spilled water, just urates.
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
24.36 BRB
19.19 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

that kind of stuff sucks
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Thanks,

Frank Roberts
Roberts' Realm Of Reptile Research