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Lost a pet today.

ADigitalArtist

Veteran Member
Staff member
Premium Member
He was a snake.

I know snakes aren't a lot of people's ideal pets. Cayenne was a corn snake I adopted when I was in highschool. My parents always encouraged my brother and I to take care of less loved animals because we didn't really have a lot of animal fears.

He was dumped at a petco dehydrated and missing scales, his former owner had housed him with a completely different species of snake who was bigger and lashed out at him. The petco people were scared of him because he was initially very nervous and nippy, probably also in pain.

I took him home and nursed him back to full health, and enjoyed the company of a very chill pet. Friendly is a little too anthropomorphic I think, but he could be held by anyone, was always very curious and engaged with his surroundings. Pretty, too, with orange and dark red rings on his back and a high contrast checkered belly.

We think he was about two years old when I got him. Which would have made him 22 when he passed.

Goodnight Cayenne. I'll remember you.
 

Left Coast

This Is Water
Staff member
Premium Member
He was a snake.

I know snakes aren't a lot of people's ideal pets. Cayenne was a corn snake I adopted when I was in highschool. My parents always encouraged my brother and I to take care of less loved animals because we didn't really have a lot of animal fears.

He was dumped at a petco dehydrated and missing scales, his former owner had housed him with a completely different species of snake who was bigger and lashed out at him. The petco people were scared of him because he was initially very nervous and nippy, probably also in pain.

I took him home and nursed him back to full health, and enjoyed the company of a very chill pet. Friendly is a little too anthropomorphic I think, but he could be held by anyone, was always very curious and engaged with his surroundings. Pretty, too, with orange and dark red rings on his back and a high contrast checkered belly.

We think he was about two years old when I got him. Which would have made him 21 when he passed.

Goodnight Cayenne. I'll remember you.

I would love to see pictures of him, if you have any you're willing to share.

I'm so sorry for your loss my friend. :blueheart:
 

ADigitalArtist

Veteran Member
Staff member
Premium Member
I would love to see pictures of him, if you have any you're willing to share.

I'm so sorry for your loss my friend. :blueheart:
Yeah I got a couple on my phone.
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And a picture showing off his belly.
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I'm on my way to my mom's property to bury him right now. Bit of a wreck. :(
 

ChristineM

"Be strong", I whispered to my coffee.
Premium Member
Beautiful snake, i am sorry for your loss. Sounds like you gave your pet a good life.
 

VoidCat

Use any and all pronouns including neo and it/it's
Very sorry for your lost. Snakes can be wonderful pets and im sure you took good care of him.
 

icehorse

......unaffiliated...... anti-dogmatist
Premium Member
Sorry for your loss :(

I had no idea snakes lived that long. I'd love to hear more about him when you're ready.
 

Saint Frankenstein

Here for the ride
Premium Member
Sorry for your loss. Beautiful snake. I love snakes. I was born in the year of the Snake. You did a wonderful thing, you gave him a long life full of love and his health. Can't ask for more than that! :heart:
 

sun rise

The world is on fire
Premium Member
We give our love to them and in their own way they return it. I know it's never easy to say goodbye.
 

Subduction Zone

Veteran Member
He was a beauty. But you had a good companion for twenty years and he probably had a better life than he would have had anywhere else. Like others I am a bit amazed at his age.
 
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