Fare thee well, Tank Snake

[earthbelow]

R.I.P Nippy the Tank Snake



Nippy the snake has, unfortunately, passed on. I'm a little more sad about it than I expected to be, but I think I was starting to warm up to her. Or at least get desensitized to my fear of reptiles.

She was a good snake, I think, as snakes go.

We walked out to a nearby cemetery this morning (there are a lot in this part of Queens) and found a spot in which to put her (inside her fake rock) for her final rest. So she is underneath a nice pine tree, sort of underneath a big rock, in a cemetery. I think she would like that spot. It's probably where she would go if she were alive and had the choice. We commended her to the great tank in the sky, where the bulb never goes out, the mice are always plentiful, and it never gets cold.

Now her tank is gone, and the red warming bulb that went with it. It was strange to sleep in complete darkness last night.

Andrew seems to be handling it fairly well. He really liked Nippy, even though he sort of inherited her from his mom by accident because she wasn't doing well in a house of three cats, a dog, a creepy fish, birds, and another lizard.

I don't think we'll be getting another snake, though, or any other pet. At least not in this apartment.

Maybe we should invest in plants for a while. I've already named the two we have (Alan Greenspan and Clint "Woody" Eastwood, respectively, as I think those are very plant-y names).

Comments

[br0ken_dolly]

aww. so sad. she had a good life.

[denoue-moi.livejournal.com]

Aw, I'm really sorry guys. =(