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pauraque_bk ([personal profile] pauraque_bk) wrote2009-01-07 06:18 pm
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slithering across the rainbow bridge

Early this morning I kept waking up thinking that I needed to put water in my snake's bowl. This was untrue, as I had just done so the previous day.

When I left for work I can't honestly say I looked at her terrarium. When I came home she was dead.

She was 15 years old, which is pretty venerable for a corn snake, so I believe it was old age... I'm not going to bother with a necropsy. I had a good vet for her who brought her back from some serious problems in the past, but she just didn't seem sick this time.

This was a pet I had since I was 11 (I'm now 26). So yeah. This sucks.


eta pictures of happier times





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[identity profile] alabastard.livejournal.com 2009-01-08 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
That is a pretty good age for a Corn Snake. So sorry to hear though, I know how attached I get to our snakes, and 15 years is a long time to bond. Have you any photos, Corn Snakes are so beautiful.
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[personal profile] pauraque 2009-01-08 06:29 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you. Yes, I went and found some pictures on my old computer, I added them to the original post.

I've seen the pictures of your snakes linked from your userinfo, it looks like you have quite a lovely family. :)
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[identity profile] alabastard.livejournal.com 2009-01-08 10:13 am (UTC)(link)
She's gorgeous.

Yes, I love the little slitherers. Losing Gabriel (in icon) was especially difficult, so I know how you must feel.

[identity profile] chazpure.livejournal.com 2009-01-08 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
I'm so sorry! It sounds as though she had a good, long life, with a lot of love in it.
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[identity profile] sistermagpie.livejournal.com 2009-01-08 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry to hear that! Definitely slithering over that bridge...

[identity profile] gmth.livejournal.com 2009-01-08 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, no. I'm really sorry to hear that. *hugs*

[identity profile] skywaterblue.livejournal.com 2009-01-08 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
Oh poor you. :( You must have known something was wrong, I think.
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[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_hannelore/ 2009-01-08 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
*heartsick*

[identity profile] tekalynn.livejournal.com 2009-01-08 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
I'm so sorry. *hug*

[identity profile] laurelwood.livejournal.com 2009-01-08 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
I'm really sorry to hear this.

[identity profile] bardsmaid.livejournal.com 2009-01-08 06:07 am (UTC)(link)
Sorry to hear that you and your snake have come to this fork in the road. It's so hard to let go of anyone you've had in your life that long.

Early this morning I kept waking up thinking that I needed to put water in my snake's bowl.

She was probably on her way out at that point. My experience is that we're often roused in this way when something like this is going on.

I remember walking up the hill one day, when I lived in SoCal, and coming across a dying rat on the path ahead of me (it seemed as if it had probably been poisoned.) I picked it up on a large leaf and set it in the shade of a tree and just sat there and talked quietly to it for a while. It could have been pure coincidence, of course, but I felt as if I'd come that way at that particular time to provide some small measure of peace or comfort or caring to the little guy.

My thoughts are with you.

[identity profile] aubrem.livejournal.com 2009-01-08 08:01 am (UTC)(link)
That is difficult. I'm so sorry.

[identity profile] mctabby.livejournal.com 2009-01-08 09:06 am (UTC)(link)
So sorry to hear about that. RIP, snake.

[identity profile] donnaimmaculata.livejournal.com 2009-01-08 10:27 am (UTC)(link)
I'm very sorry for your loss. She was such a gorgeous one.

[identity profile] caesia390.livejournal.com 2009-01-08 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
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Sorry to hear that she's gone, but glad she had a long, loved life.

[identity profile] lycoris.livejournal.com 2009-01-08 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm so sorry. She's a gorgeous snake, what a terrible shame.

[identity profile] kaptainsnot.livejournal.com 2009-01-08 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm keeping you and your friend in my thoughts. /hugs
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[identity profile] muridae-x.livejournal.com 2009-01-08 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Poor snake. At least she had a good long life first, though I guess that's not terribly comforting to you right now.

:-(

[identity profile] kylandra.livejournal.com 2009-01-09 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
Sorry to hear about it. I've lost pets before, including one we had from when I was very young, so I definitely know how awful it is.
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[identity profile] idlerat.livejournal.com 2009-01-11 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh no. I'm really sorry - a good death for her but painful for you. :( she's gorgeous!