Originally Posted by boa_bird

Hi all
We did find out the cause and in answer to that I will again copy my reply because I am so very tired and emotionally numb. I will copy all of my posts to this thread.

Jai x

I just read through my post and it didn't end right, if anybody is able to help please pm me, I will write a list of all our loses when I am ready too, tomorrow is going to be the second hardest day of our lives, we have to remove and dispose of all the bodies, we kept blaming ourselves thinking that maybe we over loaded the sockets but at about 4pm the investigation team pinned the fire to an electrical fault underneath the marine tank.

We can at least stop blaming ourselves and accept it for the tragic accident it is.

Thank u for ur support,

Jai

Thank you for all your kind words and support, i'm overwhelmed by all the kindness offered to us by u guys and i'm sitting here in floods of tears I just don't know what to say.

I have spoken to the vet this morning and he has gave me a run down on the health and condition of those in his care.

The female Albino burmese is the worst of all, she has lost both her eyes, and one side of her beautiful face, she has superficial burns to her body and a very inflamed airway, I asked him in his opinion if it was kinder to let her go, his words were that he felt although she was in a lot of discomfort she could lead a normal life even without her eyes, but we are giving her until friday before making any decission on her future.

The two boas had a lot of wheezing and swelling but no burns so after a night of anti biotics they are able to come home this afternoon.
The red tegu fed yesterday and is able to come home.
The het albino/granite burmese is in perfect health and ready to come home.
The bearded dragons and blue tongue skink are also able to come home.
The reticulated python has a burn on his nose but is breathing well and able to come home.
The Male Albino is also ready to come home. I am thankful for whichever higher force spared their lives.

The grizzly work has started this morning, i feel totally helpless because there is a huge clean up operation about to start, I said my goodbyes to all my beloved pets in the early hours, just spent a few moments in the shed, seeing their lifeless bodies I just can't describe, but I had to do it, they are being bagged up as I type this and even though everybody is thinking of me they are keeping me away from all the harsher stuff, for me this doesn't help at all, I need to grieve and I need to see it for it to be real. Unfortunately as the clean up operation is in progress friends and family will be removing everything inside the shed and putting it in a skip, I can not bury all of the animals as there are just far to many but we have kept a few aside that have meant the most and I will give them a good send off later this evening.

I feel I have to write a list of my animals that have gone, for me it will help me to move on and I want to share this with u all.

RIP Little ones.

0.1 Sunglow Boa constrictor
1.0 Albino Boa Constrictor
1.2 Salmon Boas
0.1 Pastel Arab
1.0 Geeline Hypo.
0.2 Guyana Red Tails
1.2 Albino Burmese
7.6 Normal boas
2.1 Royal Pythons
1.0 Albino Tiger retic
2.6 Corn Snakes
1.0 Arabesque Boa
0.1 Green Iguana
0.1 Black and white tegu
1.0 Australian water dragon
2.7 Yemen Chameleons
7.34 Leopard Geckos
1.2 Blue Tongue Skinks
All this years hatchlings, burmese, royals, leopard geckos and chameleons I'll miss u all u were loved and never to be forgotten.

Thank you all again for making this really unbearable time a little more bearable.

Jai x x x

Hi All

The clean up is now over we had so many friends and family help us with the gruesome task, the bodies were collected this afternoon, I just can't describe the emotions, there are no words.

We have also collected a few from the vets, the female Albino Burmese is in a dreadful state and will need a lot more attention but the vet is hopeful she will make a recovery, even with the loss of sight and the facial wounds. She the male burmese and the male retic are still in the fantastic hands of Shelton and Goddards.

We have in our care the het albino/granite burmese, 2 boa constrictors, 3 bearded dragons, the blue tongue skink and the red tegu.

I managed to take a picture of Lucky red, I wanted to share with you all, here she is, considering she was in the hot zone, she is doing very well.

Thank you for your continued support, I will try my hardest to reply to all the supportive messages later this evening.

Lots of love to all who have shown us compassion.