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I am extremely sorry for you losing your Mexican pine snake, and I know it is beyond frustrating. I keep these snakes, and I myself found out the hard way when I first started keeping pits years ago, that I kept them too warm. What were your temps? Deppei Deppei or Deppei Jani, in particular, need to be kept cooler than kings. 75 is perfect, I would not go past 78-80, especially in their first year. In their first year as well, they also need to be fed smaller meals than a king, and only once every 7 days or so. The snake not eating for 3 weeks was not a reason to force feed the snake, and unless the snake lost ample weight, unfortunately, the shock of being force fed possibly is what caused it to pass away. Again, I am very sorry that this happened, but I say these thing to pass on knowledge about these fine animals. I hope you keep looking into keeping these snakes, as they are amazing, but yes, they need different care than kings, IF that is what was going on.
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