This week was a sad one for the entire Loose house. Last week we started to notice Hercules aka Big Snake aka Snaky was really sluggish and lethargic. On closer inspection we noticed a dull graying around his mouth, so we thought he might have mouth rot, a common and curable infection snakes can get. We made an appointment with the vet. The vet gave him a good look over and said that Snaky was very sick because he had some back-up or constipation in his bowels as well as the mouth rot. He told us to let him keep him for a couple days and he would work the bulge out and then we could treat the mouth rot. The next day he called us back and said that they had done some blood work and it had shown them that the bulge wasn't where they could get it out easily and it was making Snaky's body shut down. He gave us two options. Do a $1200 surgery that Snaky would likely never wake up from or put him down so he was no longer living in misery. As hard as it was, we had to do what was best for our snake. The surgery was expensive, risky and hard to recover from so we decided to put him down. Snaky touched so many lives, and helped so many people see what snakes are really like. So many people cared for him. It's always hard to lose a pet, but this one hit everyone in our house hard. Luckily, Jessica (my horrible boss) was actually wonderfully understanding. She has pets and understands the hurt that losing one can cause so she let me talk to her and cry on her shoulder before watching the front while I pulled myself together in the restroom. I have mad respect for the help she was today. Here are some of my favorite memories with Snaky. RIP Hercules, unknown - 2/6/14. Beloved pet and family member.
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| My first time holding Snaky |
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| Savannah with Snaky |
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| Shelby loved him |
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Shelby helping Tyson get over his fear of
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| Snaky on his last day |
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