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So, I got my homework done so, for now on, I can hopefully have things under control..
Anyways, I been thinking alot about my pets. I just don't have any type of bond with RC. And she's not improving like Alya did. I can barely hold her and, I don't think she's going to try and be friends with me any time soon. I'm getting frustrated and, my pets are supposed to help me, not cause issues. I'm going to keep Alya, but I'm thinking about giving up RC. Shiloh again decided she wasn't hungry so, I'm left with another rat. Zeppelin is ALWAYS hungry so, he ate. We might start feeding him more but, idk. So yeah, I have two rats that aren't fans of my existence and Alya who likes me... I think. I might get a rat from a pet store... One who is very familiar with people and friendly. I'll try to get her a cage too but, idk about prices yet. The cage that's Alya's will just be a future cage for rats that Shiloh isn't interested in. I haven't talked to my mom about it yet so, idk. I just want a rat that will actually hangout with me, not run from me... Alya will just sit on my shoulders as long as I want her to.
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Welp. I really need to stop falling in love with my snakes' food... So, I guess I got Alya a roommate x3 It's a small rat, that was originally Shiloh's. Usually she gets a medium rat but they were out so we got two small ones. Shiloh was only hungry for one. I gave her the one that bit me... So, I couldn't help but hold the other one and was surprised how sweet she was for a feeder rat. Kinda the same feeling I got from Alya. We'll just call the rat RC for now. I won't actually name her that, it's just to make it easy. So, Alya actually HATED RC. So, I just thought I couldn't have her and would give her up to Shiloh. Shiloh wasn't hungry. I do feel bad for RC because she had a snake in her face, sniffing her... But Jackie really REALLY wanted for me to keep her. I put a crap ton of small holes into what's actually Shiloh's and Zeppelin's feeding container, put some newspaper down and some makeshift hideouts. Aaron was had finished a thing of pringles and I awkwardly asked for it. He was just like, "Uh, it's empty..." and I said I knew and if I could have it. He looked at me weird as I emptied out the crumbs and then cut it up. There's three hideouts for Rc and Alya x3 Later, my mom came home with a cage and bedding for Alya. I was really surprised but my mom was able to get it for $10 (compared to $35 at most pet stores..). I decided to put some cardboard to split them up but when I got back from a party, I saw RC on Alya's side but, no fighting. Btw, Alya would try fighting RC (even bit her... :c) but RC would just try taking cover. All the sudden they get along... So, I removed the cardboard and all has been good between them. Alya seems to be getting old and I'm afraid she won't live much longer... I do find her climbing around so, I think she's still healthy. But, I got her as an adult and mice live about 2 years in captivity. Rats live 2-4 in captivity on average. I'm not sure if she's young or not. She seems young to me though. If Alya, passes, I will try getting RC another buddy because she seems like she's used to that and I don't want her to get depressed or anything. Here's some pictures of them and their cage... I'll put them into a "gallery" so you can click to enlarge them. I put a picture of Alya when I first got her and her now... Does she seem older to you?
Also, depending on lighting their fur is gray/black and RC has some white. What name or name meaning should I give RC? Also, neither understand the little wheel. Could I somehow teach them to use it? Well this just happened... I'm going to explain so it makes sense.
So, I was in my History class. I'm not sure if I told you but, Dr. Biggs (my previous English teacher) took the offer to be one my grade's History teachers because the previous teacher was moving and had to quit the job. Dr. Biggs is educated to be an english and/or history teacher. But yeah, I was in his class and, I'd forgotten my textbook. He said to work with one of my friends and her friend. We'll call them Stacie and Lisa. Lisa; I'm friends with. Stacie; not so much. So that made me uncomfortable but, I got really frustrated because they were just dragging me along and I barely even knew what we were doing. They had desks and I was just on my knees. I had hurt my legs previous to this so, after ten minutes, it started to hurt pretty bad. I just thought I'd suck it up and wait for class to end. I also started to get really depressed and felt like crying. I thought I'd take my pills and maybe even just cry in the bathroom that's in the nurse's room (so no one would hear me). But suddenly, I had this really strange feeling around my diaphragm. Half of me felt like it had to do with my breathing but I was breathing fine. Again, I thought I'd just suck it up. A few seconds later, I get EXTREMELY dizzy. I've gotten dizzy because of altitude or standing up too quick and, it was nothing like this. Next thing I knew, Dr. Biggs was kneeling on the ground a few feet away from my head and asking if I was okay. I just stared at him for a few seconds and slowly sat up. He told someone to call the nurse and he just kept an eye on me. Lisa stared at me horrified. I just looked at the ground and kept almost falling back down. The nurse finally came and asked if I could walk while helping me up. I just went with what she said. My things I had with me were on the ground and when I went to pick them up, she grabbed my wrist gently and said not to worry about my things. We took an elevator to her office. She gave me an icepack and I held it to the bump and my head while I hid and cried my eyes out in the bathroom. My whole body hurt. But, my head hurt the worst. My hands had a green glow and my eyes looked more green than ever. My skin was very pale and around my eyes were pink. My eyes were really pink too. I soon had to be taken out of the bathroom and set on this couch-like chair. After a while, my mom picked me up. I slept in the car and she offered to get me some of my favorite drinks. I just slept and woke up to Jackie calling me. She had texted me about ten times and then called. It was probably.. 30 minutes after school had ended. I'm guessing she started texting and calling after she got home. I answered and told her everything. She was really worried that I might've been in the hospital or something. Lisa seemed really freaked out. She and Dr. Biggs said my eyes rolled back too. Things went really slow for me because I remember dreaming. I don't remember the dream of course. Tuesday (today is Thursday), my vision was randomly blurring and I was very close to falling down. I thought it was just because I was tired. I told Dr. Biggs just incase it got worse. It didn't and I was just fine the rest of the day. Jackie just came over. Well, I just took her home actually but, you know what I mean. She cheered me up and I didn't feel sick at all. I think I'll be fine. My mom's friend said her son has fainted because of stress before. They had all these tests done and later found out it was just stress. Apparently, people made it seem way bigger than it actually was. So, going back to school tomorrow, I hopefully will overall, be left alone about it. Jackie said she heard people talking about it at lunch and in the halls. Nobody was saying my name so, she found out from Lisa at the end of school. Emily; I don't think she even knows. I bet Jackie will tell her. I might just have Jackie tell the story because, I've said the same story so many times and I just want to let it go. I had fallen onto a desk so, I still have a bump on my head and a slight headache. I'm thinking, overall, normally. I'm so happy I feel like I'm going to cry. ZEPPELIN IS BACK!!!!! I went to go get some shoes my mom asked me to get (which were in the basement where there's the hall-ish room thing, my room, my bathroom, and the guest bedroom). I saw something move on the bed. I moved some shirts my mom had left on the bed where his head was poking out from... and there the motherfucker was. He had to deal with me trying to hug him while saying why he's an asshole. I was actually going to have my dad help me look for him the next day but, he's back. I'm being forced to go to church but, I made a deal with my dad that'd he'd buy the mouse for Zeppelin when the store opens after church. I do believe in the Christian religion but, I don't like my church. I will pick a church that is good from me (a church that isn't homophobic...) when I'm out of the house. I have been praying for Zeppelin to come back. I had went to bed around 9:00pm and woke up at 1:00am because of a nightmare. Before going to bed, I actually prayed. I've had this shitty feeling and have just felt depressed for no reason and I really thought this meant Zeppelin had passed away. But no, I have two healthy snakes now. I will get Zeppelin a mouse in the morning. They both just happen to have the same feeding day so, that makes it easier on me. I will give Zeppelin a size down from what he usually has, then on Wednesday I will give him the same (size down). Shiloh will get her usual. But yeah, both are doing fine. Zeppelin has drank some of his water I set out and is now resting. Shiloh is resting too. I'm so so, SOOOOOOO fucking happy. Zeppelin seems so tiny compared to Shiloh x3 Here's a picture of Shiloh that I just find adorable... :3 And sorry that the picture is so dark but, it's just to show you how he's doing and that he's okay. I'm going to add Shiloh and Zeppelin to my "pets" post. This is random but can you post a picture of Sky? She's adorable and I'm just curious to see how she is c:
I tried to measure her but, that was a fail when it comes to an exact measurement... She's a bit under 4 feet. She hasn't balled up yet so, I'll get a picture when/if she does. They ball up when they're scared and I prefer not scaring her x) I don't remember how old she is but ball pythons live 20-30 years in captivity, 10 years in the wild. So I won't worry about it. She's still growing a bit so, she's still young. Her terrarium is 49 inches long, 21 inches high, and 12 inches wide. Zeppelin's is 31 inches long, 12 inches high, and 13 inches wide. I have Zeppelin's terrarium near my bed and Shiloh's on my working desk. Ask whatever questions if you have any c:
So, lately, I've noticed I haven't been acting right. It's more noticeable with certain people. It's noticeable with my mom, my sister, Emily, Aaron, and Jade. I don't know EXACTLY why... I see Cynthia tomorrow, so I will mention it to her if I remember. I'm use to myself getting panicked and me being like... Clearly depressed and just not very cheerful like usual. This is in a different way. I'm just being very aggressive. Like, if I'm happy I'm acting like I'm drunk or high. It's just this very exaggerated version of me. Same when I'm sad or etc. I don't remember anything like this... I think Aaron has noticed. Have you ever experienced anything like this? Aaron is going to this event which will be two days and he won't be able to text. I didn't really think much of it, I just asked him about it and it sounded really fun so, I was just being like, "Ehhh, I have to get back to studying tomorrow. Lucky". But he seemed to feel bad about it. I thought he didn't want to go or something and I kept asking him why and if he was nervous about it. He kept saying he wasn't nervous. So, I was pretty confused... I left it alone. But, now I think I get it. Here's why;
Aaron- Shit, I got to get to bed, it's 1:00am and I have to be up in 6 hours. Me- Well then, noight and good luck with the event thingy. Aaron - Sorry to leave so abruptly.. Sorry I won't get to talk for two days... So so sorry... Have an amazing few days, sleep amazingly! And I hope you have a good end of the week... Good noight! :) Me- No problemo, noight! c: So, I may be wrong but, I think he's caught on to my acting strange and feels bad to leave if he thinks I'm not doing my best. Idk. I'm not sure about an exact reason for this. Usually I'd just be sad like I was the past few days. So, the ball python I was going to get was no longer available. So, I'm back on the hunt... I've found two that I liked and am going to figure out if they're available and good for me, soon. I'm not sure if I told you, but my uncle is in town. I don't think I've ever talked about him. He's my mom's brother in law. He's one of my uncles that I'm close with. Well, I was discussing with my mom about what ball python to get and my uncle basically starts to test whether I'm making a good decision. He's searching how big they get, what they eat, how aggressive they apparently can be... My mom then got pissy about, "Oh, I don't want a snake that big.." Just saying, ball pythons aren't dangerous. I think he just heard python and thought, "danger". I got annoyed with him but after I explained, he took my side. My mom started to say, "yeah, let's just get a corn snake". I told him that a ball python is a step-up from a corn snake and that there were no reasonable prices for corn snakes where we lived. So, we'd be paying like $90 for a corn snake, $70 for a terrarium, $25 for hideouts, $25 for fake plants, $15 for bedding, etc. That kind of adds up... Around $250. My mom just expected that Zeppelin and another corn snake would for surely get along.. And uhm, if they don't? Yeah, that's over $100 of getting it another habitat. We should just get a ball python and his things for under $150. It's a better deal and it's what I actually want. So when my mom thought she'd just outnumber me, and said, "So, don't you think a corn snake would be better?" my uncle said, "Well, I think Bri is right. She wants to move up from a corn snake and it'd cost less. If you get a corn snake, you'd have to buy all the things for him and it'd cost about double more than the ball python." Something along those lines. So, I will be getting a ball python. We just need to find which ball python will work best for me. I might know tomorrow... She is the bigger one :)
I decided I'd just make another blog post because the other one is getting pretty full.
So, we FINALLY found a pet store that has corn snakes for sale. I only called them so, I don't know if I'll find a FEMALE corn snake. There is also someone selling their ball python and all it's things for $80. I told my mom but she said, "Yeah, let's try finding a corn snake". Wasn't a no, wasn't a yes. Also, I'm keeping the mouse as a pet... Yup. I'm going to have a pet snake and a pet mouse... I just like the little guy too much, it would be sad to see him be killed. Plus, I do hold him a lot. So, what names do you think I should give him? Lately, I've just called him Mr. Mouse but, he's a pet now so, I can give him an actual name. My mom likes him too so, I get to keep him with her approval. Names- Alya: Alya is a lovely Arabic name, meaning ‘sky.’ Kalani: Kalani is a rhythmic name means ‘sky.’ Akash: Akash is a Hindu name, meaning ‘sky.’ I thought it'd be cute to name "Mr. Mouse" a name meaning Sky. I think Mr. Mouse is a girl, but I don't feel the need to find out... But yeah, I remember you wanted Zeppelin to have a name that meant Sky but, I chose Zeppelin. Btw, did I ever tell you the Aaron is the one who came up with Zeppelin? So far I'm favoring Alya. If you have any name suggestions, than go ahead and say :3 Zeppelin "escaped" again. But this time, I didn't find him. I held him before going to bed last night which was around 3:30am-4:00am and had set the lid on and put the lamp on. He somehow slide the lid and squeezed out. I don't know when he did this. I only noticed around 11:00am. I was just annoyed but not exactly scared. Yet. So, I looked around (this was after I cleaned my room so, it was just looking under things, which wasn't hard). He's not in my room. I just cried knowing he'd have to be in the hall-like area which has lots of bookshelves and a whole bunch of crap he could hide under. I felt week and I had lost the little guy I could always have when I felt stressed or depressed. But now, he's just causing it or worsening it. I can't find him for the life of me. I had searched my room multiple times and after crying a lot, I had a bad headache and had fallen asleep. When I woke up I searched the hall-ish room. Nope. I have a lot of cuts and bruises just trying to squeeze in areas trying to find him with my shitty flashlight. That room is wreaked so, lucky me has more cleaning. I was told that I could put out bait or put out his heat light which he'd go to when he got cold. He'd normally eat Wednesday (the 10th) so, I don't want to put out bait if I don't have to. I set up a little area for him. I put his log hide and his favorite leaves. I also put out water. I'll put a picture of it if I can. If he doesn't come tomorrow. I will get a pinkie mouse (which a baby corn snake would usually have) and put it out for him to get. They can only be left out for 24 hours before they're no longer good. No one is trying to help me... Not my dad. Not my sister. I haven't told my mom yet. She's at work, I'll tell her when she gets home. I know she'll look at me like I'm stupid. I'm really scared that Sender will find him... Sender is a sweet cat but, he's definitely not sweet to other animals he doesn't trust. I don't blame him but, I'd be ready to kill him if he hurts Zeppelin. Even just a small scratch, Sender will have a hard time. I just feel really depressed and tired. I can't study or anything. I need to find Zeppelin. What it looks like with room light on ^ What it looks like with room light off ^ I am leaving the room light off because I want that spot to stand out and him find it. He also likes his hideouts obscured by leaves so he feels hidden and secure. Why they're called Ball Pythons above. What they look like when not in a ball below
I just woke up feeling kinda down and I've just slept the whole day away... I plan to clean my room and get back to working but, you know how doing the same thing everyday just starts to make you feel kinda... idk, stuck? I can't just do it now because unless I can be quick, everyone will be sleeping and I can't do things like vacuum. I'm wanting to set up something with Emily and Jackie. Hopefully two days in a row so I just have plenty of things to look forward to. I'll check up on Aaron later. I don't have any bad gut feelings about it so, he's probably doing fine. I had another really strange dream but, it disturbed me in a way I've never been. I'm just going to ignore it and if I have a dream like it again, I'll look into it. I woke up to Sender laying down by my stomach so, that was nice. For some reason, he can always make me feel better.
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