Rest In Peace Noggin.
It is with great sadness that we must announce the passing of our sunbeam snake “Noggin.”
I wrestled with whether or not I was going to post this but at the end of the day, I decided to use this as a teaching moment...
We bought this amazing animal with the understanding that he was captive bred and eating well. We did our homework and we THOUGHT we were getting what we paid for.
Unfortunately, what we got was an animal that was taken from the wild-an animal that rarely adapts to being captive-and did not eat the entire time we had him. We sent him to some friends who are WAY more qualified to help troubled animals than we are and, despite him finally taking small amount of food and appearing to have turned a corner, he suddenly got MUCH worse, VERY QUICKLY and was not able to overcome what ailed him. When I saw him last night, he was on death’s door. It was one of the saddest things I have ever witnessed. We made the most difficult yet humane decision to relieve him of his suffering- a feeling I have only experienced once before when I had to put down my beloved basset hound “Maggie,” a feeling I NEVER want to experience again.
The take away from all of this is to buy from TRUSTED sellers. NEVER buy imported animals unless you understand that this can happen to you too.
The Sunbeam Snake (Xenopeltis Unicolor) is one of the most beautiful, docile snakes in the world but it belongs in the wild.
Please - Do not support the import trade.
