• Hello!

    Either you have not registered on this site yet, or you are registered but have not logged in. In either case, you will not be able to use the full functionality of this site until you have registered, and then logged in after your registration has been approved.

    Registration is FREE, so please register so you can participate instead of remaining a lurker....

    Please be certain that the location field is correctly filled out when you register. All registrations that appear to be bogus will be rejected. Which means that if your location field does NOT match the actual location of your registration IP address, then your registration will be rejected.

    Sorry about the strictness of this requirement, but it is necessary to block spammers and scammers at the door as much as possible.

A setback yes..But I will not give up!!

Maize411

Maize411

Hooked for life!!
Well recently, some very bad things have been going on in my life. With Joe quitting his job, Zinc needing expensive veterinary care, us trying to sell our condo (with little luck), and me deciding to go on a diet (so I have to buy healthier foods and watch what I eat)..There certainly has been a lot of changes..But one big change has happened...

I had to get rid of 90% of my snake collection. Some very important bills needed paying so I had to end up selling 7 of my 10 beautiful snakes. So right now I just have 3 ball pythons. I no longer have any corn snakes and it hurts me that I had to do this. I miss all of them so much and so dearly. Now I have these empty tubs and all this reptile equipment and it's not being used :( The good thing is the guy who did buy them from me (He literally took all 7 snakes and paid a pretty good amount for them) promised me they would be well cared for..and I could tell by the things he was saying that he was well educated in reptile care.

But yes..For now..I am cornless..But I do plan to get another corn sometime soon..I plan to come back from this and rebuild myself..But right now..I'm just hurting..relieved that the bills are getting paid..but hurting non-the-less :(

Anyway..Sorry I've been away from the site so much..As you can tell with all my updates I do..Life definitely is not going very well for me..I ask for no pitty or anything like that..I'm just happy enough to come here and know I can at least vent my frustrations..Nobody has to listen to it though..But thank you all for just simply being here...
 
I am sorry this happened to you. I am glad you are getting help for Zinc, and I wish you good luck in selling the condo. Hopefully life will turn around & in a year or two you will be able to get back into corns. Hang in there!
 
Oh hey...thats really sad. But good for you, for doing the right things...you know? Its never easy to make the right choices, and sometimes they hurt like hell. I'm so sorry you had to give up your pets. When times are better, its good you'll try again...and just think...you've got the equipment, which is usually the most expensive part! You can start again...but its so hard getting there. I know where you're comming from.
Here's a toast to baby steps in the right direction! :cheers:
 
I do wish you the best of luck. You've honestly done all the right things - both for you and your animals.

I'm starting to face the reality that many - if not all - of my Corns might have to leave me in a year or two. I've tried to find all sorts of excuses/reasons that I could make my planned life work out. I've also tried ignoring the issue. But the bottom line is that if I achieve what I want to, then I may not have enough time - and possibly not enough money - for my beloved Corns.

I completely understand the courage it took to look your problems square in the eye, then actually take a deep breath and do the right thing. I'm sure times will get better and you can come back to Corns in due course. As Rosie says, you already have the expensive bits that you can stash away ready for brighter times.

Sending my best wishes to you and yours.
 
They're just so easy to love...it can be easy to love too many I suppose. I'm trying really hard to not aquire anymore for the moment, but good deals and steals and beautiful animals are hard to say no to...
 
Yes they are..heh :)The only reason the person didn't take all my snakes is because the 3 I'm left with have attitude problems that he didn't want to deal with...so yay..I have 3 nippy stubborn ball pythons..lol :) But I love them :) I am starting to move forward step by step..Both my fiance and I are slowly taking steps in the direction to give us both a brighter future...I know I will get into snakes again in the future..Until then...I will just love the pets I do have, save my money and make my life better :) Thank you all.
 
Well I hope to have babies either next year or 2012, and I would be happy to share them!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top