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03-14-10, 03:17 AM
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Goodbye my Xena 2005-2010
Xena passed away this evening due to complications associated with old age.
She lived almost as long as the longest recorded captive Storia Dekayi specimen (7 years) she was at least 2 when we found her as she was gravid with 28 babies when caught, on average they reach sexual maturity at age 2. She may very well have been 3, but I cannot be certain.
Our daughter Samantha found her in the meadow behind the house and wanted so badly to keep her, and I gave in and set up my first snake enclosure in our house.
She was my first ever captive snake, the first to give birth in my care, The first specimen of this species to my knowledge to eat a pinky mouse with no scenting, and the whole reason I am even here on reptile forums today.
I found her under her water bowl, she looked peaceful. The only tank I keep in the living room will never be the same.
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03-14-10, 06:01 AM
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Re: Goodbye my Xena 2005-2010
Oooooooh bless her  Sorry to hear that, even though she was old, that`s really upsetting
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03-14-10, 06:08 AM
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Re: Goodbye my Xena 2005-2010
Sorry to hear about xena, its always hard to lose a pet. Im sure being your first she always had the best of the best and was truely happy.
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03-14-10, 07:03 AM
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Re: Goodbye my Xena 2005-2010
Oh Wayne, I'm so sorry. I know she was very special to you, and I'm sure she enjoyed her time with you. My heart goes out to you.
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03-14-10, 07:13 AM
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Re: Goodbye my Xena 2005-2010
my condolences mate,the first snake you own is always special.
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03-14-10, 10:40 AM
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Re: Goodbye my Xena 2005-2010
Condolences! Your first snake is like your first love. They will always hold a special place in your heart and live on in your memories. Xena will be missed by all, because if not for her we may not have you. A good friend and great help to us all on this forum. God bless!
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03-14-10, 11:12 AM
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Re: Goodbye my Xena 2005-2010
Wayne I am so sorry. May she rest in peace. She is so beautiful. She will be missed.
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03-14-10, 11:14 AM
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Re: Goodbye my Xena 2005-2010
Thank you all so much.
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03-16-10, 09:34 PM
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Re: Goodbye my Xena 2005-2010
So sorry to hear about your loss. May God bless your Xena.
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03-16-10, 11:04 PM
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Re: Goodbye my Xena 2005-2010
She was a little doll. Her son still makes me smile though, he acts just like his mom did.
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03-17-10, 02:00 AM
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Re: Goodbye my Xena 2005-2010
sorry to hear about xena bro, my condolences
happy to hear her legacy still lives on.
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03-17-10, 04:37 AM
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Re: Goodbye my Xena 2005-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by Freebody
happy to hear her legacy still lives on.
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Amazing story, I sold him to a woman in Georgia, she had him almost a year and her husband got into a fight with her threatened to kill her snakes, so she shipped them to me and asked me to keep them.
Strange twist of fate returned the little guy right back home.
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03-17-10, 09:10 AM
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The Original Urban Legend
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Re: Goodbye my Xena 2005-2010
Aww, that is cool. He is a handsome little fellow, hope he gives you many years of enjoyment. 
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03-17-10, 09:14 AM
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Re: Goodbye my Xena 2005-2010
I have to get him a woman friend, my other lady Dekayi is a geriatric also......
So unfair that they only average 5-7 years (Much less in the wild, as such a small snake they are a favorite of birds and milk snakes for food)
That's why they have such huge litters.
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03-17-10, 09:15 AM
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The Original Urban Legend
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Re: Goodbye my Xena 2005-2010
Oh wow, that is an awfully short life for a snake!
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