Starved snake

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For the second time my Dsis has neglected an animal to death and I only found out yesterday.

She's recently 18 and did have a snake that used to be my brothers til she took over it's care. I'd noticed she hadn't been feeding it much from lack of seeing defrosting mice, but I never go in her room where it was and have quite a hectic life, I did ask her way back September time are you feeding the snake is it still alive and she'd said yes of course

Yesterday my DB tells me that a few weeks ago he'd gone in there to see it and the smell was horrific, it had been dead for obviously quite a while and there were about 3 rotting mice where she'd put them in, feeding a dead snake?!!!

She has form for this when years and years ago she neglected a Guinea pig, sadly to it's death too. At that time I didn't visit the house much but I did notice and was having to clean it out and kept telling her to look after it but she didn't.

I've told her today that her actions are disgusting and illegal and she's never to own an animal again, if she does I'll report her. I honestly think it's an extreme case of laziness and irresponsibility

I think you should report her now, two animals dead is two too many. Who on earth let her have another animal after what happened to the poor guinea pig ?

I’d be reporting her to the RSPCA in the hope that she gets prosecuted and banned from owning animals again.

The guinea pig was years and years ago and I was really upset about it. She was a child, my DF has very bad MH issues. The snake though is awful, she has no remorse either. I don't know what reporting her now would achieve, the snake is buried, there's no evidence

Why is she being allowed to behave like that towards defenceless animals? If it was years ago she neglected the guinea pig, a parent or guardian should have been supervising.

Yes my DF should have but he has severe MH issues. This snake was in her room, we all assumed she was looking after and feeding it, no one goes in her room and she's 18 now

I’d be worried incase she gets another pet. How many other poor, defenceless animals need to die before someone reports her? I sympathise that she has MH issues but that’s no excuse to starve a poor animal to death. Sorry but I find this thread very upsetting.

She doesn't, my dad does.

She only has anxiety, no excuse at all, I've had problems with MH and always cared for my pets

That's honestly really fucked up...talk about callous

She doesn’t have MH issues so she actually enjoys seeing innocent, defenceless animals suffer and starve to death? I’m sorry but your relative is a psychopath and needs reporting ASAP.

If there were 3 rotting mice in the tank then she was actually feeding it. It’s strange how she didn’t know it was dead though and continued to feed it. It must have stunk?

She is either thick as shit for feeding mice to a dead snake or an actual sociopath

Is she ok though?

I know it’s awful
But in the first case she was a child who couldn’t look after herself, let alone have responsibility of a pet without a supervising adult.

And in the second case she is barely an adult, living at home with (only?) a DF who has severe MH issues?
Does she have MH issues?
Is she acting as a carer?
Does she even know what her responsibilities were to this snake and what it actually needed?
Did she even want the snake or was it dumped on her?

Surely she noticed the smell and didn’t do anything, that doesn’t seem quite right for any 18 year olds I know.
Also for DF to have that smell in the house? If that is being allowed/missed is everything else ok, are her other needs met?

I’d check all those things before reporting her for prosecution.
Very kindly of all the pp to worry more about a snake than an 18 year old who doesn’t seem to have the support she sounds like she needs.

@Nojeansplease keep that woke coming

Wtf

I think anyone who keeps snakes as pets anyway is fucking nuts.

They aren't pets. They are wild animals ffs.

FWIW..... I am absolutely terrified of the things

If you suspected months ago that she wasn’t feeding the snake (which you did as you asked!) then you should have been checking. Some of this is on you. You knew she had already let a guinea pig die (years ago when she was a child- so entirely your father’s fault.) and you suspected she wasn’t caring for the snake but didn’t check it? Why not?

If she was leaving mice in with the snake then she thought it was alive. Does she have learning difficulties?

I think you need to separate out the incidents she is only just 18 so years and years ago she was a child so the neglecting is not hers but the parent in charge.

And why did your brother trust her with its care.

How did nobody realise. The last time my snake sicked up a rat in a hidden place the smell when it kicked in made me retch. I felt physically ill cleaning it out. A dead snake and 3 mice, how did she sleep in that room and how did nobody not notice in the house?

The next time she has an animal then remove it yourself if you're all not willing to do anything about it. Steal it if you have to.

No I'm pretty sure she wasn't feeding it, it was a young snake, I think after we questioned her about feeding it she put them in for show

When I asked her about feeding them she was very defensive and made a show of defrosting a noise

She was about 12, when I was that age I was looking after a horse and rabbits by myself responsibly

Why didn’t you go and check on it OP? You very clearly knew she was putting on a show months ago.

Do you live in the house with her?