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After my experience with my poor little guy, I'm almost afraid to try another blood. Having the poor thing die on me like that really shook up my confidence. The dealer wasn't helpful at all about it, either - she tried to tell me since that hurricane made the power go out in Birmingham (except that it didn't even blink at my place) that it must have been my fault that it died.

I don't know...After all this, I've almost lost interest in bloods. People weren't as helpful or supportive of a first-time blood owner as I had hoped they'd be. It wasn't as if i didn't obsessively research for three months. sigh. Don't know why I'm bothering, I don't have enough money to get another snake of any type for a long time.

I guess what I want to know is how do I recover enough confidence to be able to care for another one? I'll never know if my little guy had a disease, or internal parasites, or if it was my fault because I didn't have the money to cover an autopsy at the vet.

Hey,
It's like the old cliche goes, "If at first you don't succeed, try try again". You shouldn't give up on your dream of owning one of these beauties; we have all at one time or another had some kind of mishap, but we have all recovered from it, and have gone on to make a pretty good go at it. If you don't try again, you will never know what you are capable of. Ask away and you will have all the necessary info you'll need to get your self up and going in no time.

If it makes you feel better, you can always email me privately and I'll be more than happy to lend you a hand.
-Angel
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"Until we lose our self, there is no way of finding our self."
-Henry Miller.

Thank you. The support means a lot to me.

Sorry about your loss. Anytime you need info, I think you will find it here. If you don't have enough money to buy another blood for a long time, then maybe it's not meant to be at this time. Like all pets, they cost money to upkeep with food, housing, vet visits, ect... The cost of a blood can easily be $85. to $125 which is nothing compared to the price of the upkeep over a year. Best of luck with whatever you decide. j

I had a baby boa die on me a while back and it really shook me up. I went several months without even looking at the reptile internet and contemplated getting out of the hobby all together. I understand how you feel, and it is ok to take time off or try another species, but don't beat yourself up. Sometimes they just don't make it, in spite of everything we do for them

hey sup man, my first blood died about a week ago and i didnt kno what to do, but i got back on my feet, and i just snuck another 1 into my house yesterday, i figured out that the guy that i bought it from was an import/export person, and they were wild caught or from wild caught parents and had internal parasites. so im just gonna learn from my mistakes and rebuild. if u give me some discriptions of how he died maybe i can tell u how it really died.

-jeff