To make a bad day yesterday even worse I got home only to find my Burmese Python dead in her enclosure. I noticed she was lying a bit funny and thought she was maybe just sleeping like that as she sometimes did. When I opened the cage and touched her there was no response at all. I am shocked and saddened, really did not expect this as she was fine over the weekend.
She helped to break hundreds or even more snake fears over the years and was the star of my shows and educational demos. When I first got her she was quite small as her previous owners only fed here once a month even when she was a hatchling? I am uncertain as to whether this had anything to do with her short lifespan.
The only change to her enclosure was an additional brick added to the water bowl to stop her from toppling it over. The brick was washed thoroughly with boiling water as I did the previous one.
RIP Electra, you will be sorely missed.