Tribute to my Ribbon Snake, Clyde

[Bottomfeeder]

Some of you guys may know my Peninsula Ribbon Snake, Clyde. Clyde had scale rot, and up until last night seemed to be improving. But last night, he stopped moving his tongue. He had clearly lost weight, and most of his ventral scales were missing. He also appeared to be salivating a lot. This morning, I went to his cage to check on him, and I saw the faintest wiggle of a tail, and then stillness. Unfortunetaly, he's gone. He was my first Reptile, I got him as a Christmas present last year. I feel like he was in his prime... he was eating well, he had a lot of weight on him, and he handled beautifully. He was alert, and practically shined with luster, yet he was docile and never bit or musked.

Just figured I'd let you guys know. RIP buddy.

I'm gonna do my best to give back, and rescue a Garter or Ribbon that needs a home somewhere. But for now, I'm still kinda dealing with this.

~AJ~

 

[HerpHunter77]

thats really sucks. i remember acouple years ago when my first turtle died. she got really sick and one morning i woke up and looked in her enclosure to see her neck extended, laying flat on the ground, with her mouth wide open and some wierd **** coming out of her nose...

 

[chloe]

awww im sorry honey.
rip clyde
xxx

 

[poly-nomial]

sorry bro.. its really hard to lose a pet that you work really hard on and put a lot of money into. you talked about that little guy almost everyday, my condolences go out to you...

 

[Bottomfeeder]

Thanks everyone. I think he had an RI in addition to the scale rot, because he was drooling a lot last night

 

[Citrinellus]

My condolences, rip clyde.

 

[Vicious_Fish]

Sorry man.

 

[Bottomfeeder]

Thanks guys. So weird having an empty tank, lol...

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

damn man! sry to hear!!

 

[snakefin]

Condolences. Did you check on what caused his death? The suggested RI?