My leopard gecko was killed by my apartment complex.
My sweet Hillary was left in our apartment home with two snakes and a bunny. We went on vacation 5 hours away, with sitters coming to check on the animals daily.
We've had a problem with our AC randomly going up in temp. It's been "fixed" but then suddenly it is broken again and goes from 64-80+. The last time it was fixed, we were assured and confident it would be the end of the AC troubles. It unfortunately was not.
When we returned home on Sunday, during a weekend ranging between 90-107 degree heat, we opened our apartment door to a wall of heat. The AC was blasting 90+ heat into our apt on top of 95-97 degrees from the outside heat.
My bunny, Sasha, managed to escape his enclosure thanks to one of the sitters leaving his door unlatched. I found him in a dark place between my bed, his muzzle drenched in sweat from the heat. He was thankfully OK, but dazed and hot. My roommates ball python, Monty, managed to survive as well.
Unfortunately, his other snake, Lisa, and my Hillary, were boiled to death by the excessive heat. I'm devastated by the loss of my girl, who I saved from a neglectful home and took care of for almost a year. She wasn't that old. She had so much life, and she was curious and loved to relax in my sleeves and pockets. Imagining how uncomfortable and hot and in pain she must have been deeply hurts me.
I'm trying not to blame myself. I know none of this was in my control, that nothing could have been done. I'm glad the surviving animals are ok. We have a temporary ac in place just in case the fix unfixes again. We're hoping the apt complex will do something to resolve what we've been through, but we're still in talks. Our lease ends soon, and I can not wait to leave all of this behind. Those animals didn't deserve to die so soon and in such a torturous way such as overheating to death.