In Memory Of Our Lost Reptiles...

[Georgia]

My Eastern Cottonmouth passed away and its been weighing heavily on my mind this early morning...
It was a freak accident how it happened. She wasnt the least bit aggressive to me. Everytime id come in the room she would come up to the glass and just watch me.
Well one evening she was acting like she was hungry so i told
her that id get her a rat or 2....(yeah i talk to my snakes). I went and got her feeder and came back in the room. She saw me with the rat and got really excited like she always has. Im 28...she was my 1st hot snake. I caught her as a neonate when i was 11. I opened the cage and dropped it in there. She followed the rat around and finally struck at it. The rat moved and she ended up with a big splinter piercing her tongue! I freaked out and didnt know what to do! She thrashed around and i was helpless. About an hour later my baby girl was dead. Aftee i examined her, i saw the splinter pierced the roof of her mouth and pierced her brain. How do you recover from that?
She was there before going to Iraq and after i got back. Taking care of her kept me sane for yrs. Now shes gone ...

Thats my story about a common Eastern Cottonmouth named BABY GIRL.