So my brothers snake Charlie whom we had for a while now passed away this morning.
Just before he left for his holiday he asked us to feed him 2 mice as he was due for feeding as he only eats every couple of months or so.
He got the mice out for defrosting and was going to feed him once they thawed. I forgot that day so did it the next day just placed 2 of them near him and let him alone to eat. I checked on him later but they were still there but he had moved so I googled it and said that if they weren't hungry they much be due for shredding of their skin. So I took them out and disposed of them and left him alone till I went and got his new red bulb and put it in but wasn't working so I re screwed it in and still nothing so I shook it and it was broken so I just left him alone.
My mum checked up on him this morning and said 'I think he's dead' which I said he's moved and I'm sure he's okay. I got up and re checked and prodded him with his feeding tweezers and nothing he was still and his tank was smelly. I couldn't believe it I just started crying and shouting my mum to come up and have a look and it was true. I was so hoping he wasn't and would move but nothing. My Aunt Paula was here and she picked him up and moved him into a bag and he was still as anything and all this just before I was due at work and couldn't face it but had to.
I wanted to leave him there till Christian came home but it was smelly and my mum didn't want him staying there but said we could freeze him and wait till he got home to see him before we buried him but they didn't want to do that so it was a burial.
I would have liked him to have known but he is on holiday and mum didn't want his holiday spoiling so going to wait till Friday for us to tell him. I think he'll be heart broken like I am anything I think of him I just start crying again.
He was a special pet it kind of brought me and my brother together we clean out his tank together and bath him and what not.
I hope he wasn't neglected maybe if I tried to feed him more or did something so many ifs. I would check up on him and talk to him and he'd dance about I'm going to miss him a lot.
The best thing was finding him alive when he went missing on Christmas Day my dad moved the bed in the spare room to find he was near the radioater to keep warm and I was happy I rung Christian up straight away and he was happy too and he came home as quick as he could as I said I didn't want to pick him up I'd rather him do it so he came home picked him up straight away and put him pack in his tank with warmth and water and he was fine.
The last time I got him out was on Calebs birthday as we had friends over and wanted to see him he was wiggling about and was okay.
Come Friday will be hard when Christian comes home and he's dead and buried in the front garden. I don't know what he would want to do get another snake he won't be the same of course or just get rid of the tank but I liked popping in him room to say hello to Charlie and have a chat it won't be the same anymore. He was the most harmless snake I'd ever known he was gentle and I wish he hadn't gone so soon after only having him for a couple of years or so.
I kinda wish one of the cats went than him one of the cats we don't like as he was most loved.
It'll take some time to get over it only time will tell.
