I have no idea what is going on at my house...but another one of my snakes passed suddenly. Bella, my young concinnus female, suddenly passed yesterday morning with no apparent cause that I could discern. There has really been no indication that she was ill, other than the fact that I noticed she was suddenly a bit skinnier than she normally is in the last couple of weeks...but she was acting normal...eating, pooping, active. Then, all of the sudden she started hiding a few days ago. I figured she was just getting ready to shed. I looked in on her night before last and she seemed a little too still for my liking...I reached in and touched her...and said to myself "Oh no, come on, not another one"....but she moved when I touched her so I figured she was just sleeping. Then, yesterday morning, I found her. Like Sammy, she was weirdly hollow sounding and her skin was rigid...it's hard to explain, but I know we have all talked about similar findings in snakes that have suddenly passed. I was wondering if maybe it was a retained shed...her skin seemed kind of crinkley...I don't know. She had a bit of a lump near her vent and her vent was open a bit...I honestly have no idea what happened. She was actually still barely alive when I found her and moving slowly as if her body was becoming paralyzed from tail to head over about an hour...just like Sammy...and also exactly like the snake I found a couple years ago in my basement that I tried to revive. I tried soaking her in warm water...but the process just seemed to continue until she passed. I don't know if this is a parasitic thing or what. I'm getting a bit frustrated with losing my garters though I now have a small garter graveyard in my backyard...depressing. On top of that, one of our guinea pigs died a few days before that. Ugh. Anyway, just wanted to tell you guys about Bella's passing. Poor little girl...rest in peace, Bella.