To make a long story short, Fedex didn't get these animals to me until Saturday afternoon and seeing as it was so cold outside, I was very worried for the safety of these small, valuable ball pythons.
When we opened the package, it may have well been a refrigerator in there. The 48 hour heat packs had completely chilled. We quickly cut open the sack for the small female het lav to find her motionless. It made me sick to see her neck kinked and her lifeless body floating in the warm water we had prepared.
It was a sad story all around. Fedex must have left the package in a cold warehouse or back of some truck overnight. The heat packs were meant to last 48 hours and they must have failed long before that. The well insulated package ended up acting as a cooler for the animals. It is sad to see any defenseless living creature dead and cold like that- and she was the most valuable one!
On the bright side, the more hefty het lav male survived the journey and he is in a toasty cage now and seems to be doing very well.
And I'd like to say how great Grant and his son are at Lavenderalbino.com. They had surprised me with another adult breeding pair of healthy ball pythons. One was a male pastel and the other, a big fat normal female. Both the adults survived the cold fine and they are now under the posession of my father-in-law Steve. We are excited to try and get a clutch out of them this year.
1 comment:
that really was so sad, davey. i'm so sorry that happened.
if it makes you feel better i'll hold one of your snakes...wait i think i promised that once before and it didn't pan out like i thought...
but i do love you.
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