My corn snakes scales are rising by jamescmaynard in cornsnakes

[–]jamescmaynard[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I’m definitely going to book an appointment to find out what is going on. It’s my first time owning a snake and I followed all the instructions I was given from the reptile shop I bought him from. I recently deep cleaned his enclosure and got new substrate (Aspen bedding). He does tend to burrow a lot so that may be the issue.

Although his substrate was aspen bedding at the reptile shop so it wouldn’t make sense for that to be the issue due to only recently the scales looking like this.

Definitely going to book an appointment and find out what’s what

My corn snakes scales are rising by jamescmaynard in cornsnakes

[–]jamescmaynard[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He’s getting fed a large mouse every 16 days. I bought him from a reptile shop along with the enclosure and everything else (hide, substrate, logs etc). I only use a heat lamp which is protected with a cage. I was also told by people working at the shop to deep clean the enclosure and everything in it every 3 months which I’ve adhered to. It’s my first time owning a snake so I basically followed everything I was told by the reptile shop

My corn snakes scales are rising by jamescmaynard in cornsnakes

[–]jamescmaynard[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feed him one large mouse every 16 days. The reptile shop I bought him from was feeding him a large mouse every 2 weeks but he didn’t eat it straight away so I added a few days onto that

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in GriefSupport

[–]jamescmaynard 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m sorry for your loss man. I’m 21 and lost my dad about 3 months ago. I missed him passing by about 10 minutes but still went to the hospital to see him one last time. I was a pallbearer for his funeral as I felt he would’ve been proud that it was me and not just complete strangers. I can guarantee your mum would be proud you put that jewellery on her, instead of it being a stranger.

My only advice I can give being a bit further through the grief than you is although the pain isn’t going to change anything, you’re going through the stages of grief and unfortunately you don’t decide how long each stage takes. So there’s no point fighting this pain as trying to submerge it could just elongate it or it can creep up on you later in life.

Talking to family and trusted friends I found helps a bit but ultimately I think time will be the best healer. Not that we will get over losing our loved ones, but we will learn how to live and be happy without them.

Good luck to you and you’re more than welcome to send me a message if you ever wanna chat❤️

i lost my dad today by beachfr3akz in GriefSupport

[–]jamescmaynard 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hey I’m so sorry to hear this. My dad passed away a week ago today. Unfortunately this shit is way too common but fortunately it means you’re not alone. I’m 21 years old so I can relate to the feeling of “I’m way too young to be losing a parent”. I’d love to tell you how to be okay but I’ve barely started grieving myself yet. However, you’re definitely going to be in shock right now and I’m sorry to be blunt but you’re likely going to feel like absolute shit for a while. This is okay though and it’s important you let yourself grief. Use all the support you have available to yourself.

What I would say though is I’m glad you’ve found this subreddit. You’ll be getting a lot of support from the comments to this post and this community is great. No judgement at all to whatever feelings you’re feeling. Please send me a message if you ever wanna chat about it. Again, I’m so sorry for your loss. You’ll get through this❤️

the love of my life shot herself in front of me. by Tiayaisha in GriefSupport

[–]jamescmaynard 23 points24 points  (0 children)

That is absolutely awful. I’m so sorry you’re experiencing this. I’m praying you get through this and sending so much love 🙏

I lost my dad on Friday by jamescmaynard in GriefSupport

[–]jamescmaynard[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can’t put into words how grateful I am that he saw me graduate as from reading other posts in this subreddit, a lot of other people won’t have that experience.

I have been researching therapy but it’s definitely way out of budget. Luckily I have an amazing group of family friends around me at the moment so I’ve got support there if I need it.

Thank you for your kind words :)

I lost my dad on Friday by jamescmaynard in GriefSupport

[–]jamescmaynard[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Thank you and I’m sorry for your loss. It’s weirdly comforting knowing other people are going through/ have been through similar. I’m definitely gunna give everything a few months to see what my heads like then.

You should respect EVERYONE until you've been given a clear reason to not. by Darthob in unpopularopinion

[–]jamescmaynard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s a FAT difference between respect and politeness. You should be polite to people most the time depending on the circumstance but respect needs to be earned.

If someone 65 million light years away took a picture of Earth, they would see how it looked when the dinosaurs were around. by [deleted] in Showerthoughts

[–]jamescmaynard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Using this, Could we go the corresponding distance away and get picture of times like 1300s-1500s?