TO NOTE: I am posting this thread here because it pertains to ALL the pet snakes I've had personally since I first started; not just one species or type.
(This is also kinda long. X'D Sorry in advance.)
...Now this is partially a sad snake-mommy rant, partially a plea for help, and partially a want for advice. So buckle up, folks. X'D
(This is also going to sound like classic "newb snake keeper complaining" but I swear I just want to try and understand this!)
To this point, 3 out of the 4 snakes I've personally had the beautiful luxury of getting to own and care for on my own have died in my care...During the night. Very suddenly.
I say it that way because, as an extremely Anxiety and PTSD-prone person, I did lots of research on each of them; combed the web, looked at as MANY care sheets as I could to scrutinize where info lapsed and where it matched up. Heck I even posted HERE asking for help and advice before on like, two different snake occasions.
-- Now my first was a Rosy Boa named Lingueeno. That adorable turd exposed me to the wonders of Rosy Boas by escaping TWICE. Then getting found healthy...And dying during the night nearly two months later.
Second one was a rescue ball python, lovingly named Mopani. He ALSO suddenly died during the night around 2 years after I got him.
And then my most recent one-- another Rosy Boa named Rosa.
SHE, after almost a year of having her, died suddenly during the night just like the other two.
Seeing a trend here?
Now here's the thing that stumps me about ALL OF THEM:
They were all YOUNG. (Mopani was the oldest at around 4-5 years old.) Rosa wasn't even two yet. Same for Lingueeno.
All of them were eating wonderfully, all of them were pooing wonderfully. They all had the required temps and humidity. (Again: I was meticulous. Overly so, honestly. All had around 90s for their hot spots, all had a good temp gradient of around 80-85 for hot, and the lower 80s to 70s for cool side.)
I checked all for the classic stuff; mites. Respiratory Infections, scale and mouth rot. They had none of any of that. From all accounts of my meticulous scouring, searching and watching, they were healthy!
Yet all three of my precious babs died, young, during the night. And I still can't quite figure out why. I just can't wrap my head around it!
The problem is, eventually when we move, and I have some good money saved up, I want to try again with a "dream snake" of mine that I really want, being a Palmetto Corn Snake.
...But I am TERRIFIED that I will simply loose them again to some ailment I don't understand.
Is there ANYTHING anyone can think of, and coach/suggest to me of what could have happened to my noodles?!
I really just think I'm cursed to never have them otherwise.
Seriously Wondering if I am Cursed
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