I came home from work today and discovered that Monty had passed away.

We kind of thought it was coming - Monty still hasn’t eaten, but we were both holding out hope.

I am so sad

Sheila is still doing well, and I hope she stays that way.

I will never buy anything other than fish, if that, at Petco again.

I knew I should have went and looked for a reputable breeder, but I was too impatient.

And it really cost me.

We did discover that the snakes have snake mites last night. I’m not sure if that contributed to Monty’s death or not, but it probably did.

Snake mites can’t infect humans, or animals, but they do infect snakes, and they can lead to death in large enough numbers.

We’ve only seen one mite since we’ve got the snakes - and that was last night, so they are sneaky little buggers.

We are working on getting rid of them, and moving Sheila to her new 75 gallon tank. I guess we don’t have to worry about making sure Monty’s tank is as big as Sheila’s anymore :-(.

Well, I better go, I’m trying to catch up on some work, but I can’t stop thinking about poor Monty.

Between this and the kitty cat it’s been a long, long, emotionally draining week.