CarlosI210
01-18-2016, 03:24 PM
So recently I had decided to get my older corn a larger enclosure. I was at petco getting him some new stuff when I saw that they had some Amels for sale, I guess I was a little too eager to put a new baby in my snakes old vivarium, so without thinkin, I bought him right then and there and took him home. It wasn't until I got home that I noticed how frail and small he was and how his skin was shriveling up. I searched through all the forums (my older snake had not had any major health issues so dealing with an unhealthy snake was new to me) I could find and the general consensus for the shriveled skin was dehydration, so I soaked him every day and lightly misted him(I had also seen him drink from his water bowl so that made me feel a bit more secure). I tried feeding him three times but he only accepted food once. Nevertheless, his skin appeared to be looking better and he was growing a bit bigger. I left home Saturday night and returned home midday Sunday. I was going to try and feed him agin that day but instead I coiled up in a very weird position, his body was kinda twisty in an unnatural position. Naturally I feared the worst so I went in to pick him up, sure enough my little buddy was gone, in total I had him a week and a half, and I just wanted to know if something similar has happened to anyone else and if there's something more I could've done for him