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I had a snake as a teenager, and I think my negligence killed it.
I had a corn snake that was housed with my sister's snake. We had to separate them when hers was growing and mine wasn't because we were worried the bigger one would end up eating him. I tried coaxing him to eat his pinkies but he just wasn't interested. I thought around 72 degrees, which is how hot the house was, was good enough so I didn't look into heating lamps much. I did have a little heating pad I put under the tank but looking back it wouldn't have been powerful enough to penetrate the plastic. Besides, as I said, I thought 72 degrees was fine so I didn't worry about it much. I later learned they really need to have access to temperatures in the 80s. I think something was wrong with him to start with because my sister's snake thrived in the same environment he started to fail in, but I can't believe I didn't care enough to do something as simple as look up temperatures. Who knows, it might have saved him.
Ever since I learned this the guilt has actually kept me up at night. I should have been more careful and proactive. This was actually over 10 years ago this happened, but I still haven't been able to move on.
My question is this: To try to make amends, which snake rescues or charities should I give some money to? I ask because so many charities or rescues aren't actually helpful despite their public persona and you're snake people, so you might know which ones are for real.
My negligence killed one, so I feel I probably should help save a few if I can.
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