My quest to find my missing Pastel on March 7 at 4:30 am...

[CoolioTiffany]

On Saturday, March 6, I was volunteering at the sanctuary for most of the day. I got home, fell asleep at 6:30 pm in my TV room (QT room as well) on the couch.

At 4:30 am I woke up and decided to go to my bed and fall back asleep. As I got in my room I checked the thermometers in the Ball python tubs and they were all up to 120F. Freaking out, I got all of my Ball pythons out of their tubs. They were HOT, so I was so worried if they were in there longer they would have overheated. The thermostat fell off the wall it was on and that made the probe come out of under one of the UTHs. I unplugged the thermostat after I got them out.

Opening my Pastel's tub I began to lift up her hide. She wasn't there. That is when I started to panic. I cried A LOT because my door was open all night and the fact of my cat getting to her made me tear up so much. I ripped up my room checking every possible place I could. I checked areas close to my room as well as the TV room.

I searched for 2 hours, and I called my friend that lives very close by and volunteers with me and is one of my best friends. I told her everything at 6:30 am and she walked over to help me find Cookie for two more hours. We checked under my large dresser but couldn't find her. We moved it out of my room for more room and so no snake would wander under there.

At 8:30 am I decided to move my Beardie to the spot where that large dresser used to be, so we put the heavy tank on the ground. We picked up the night stand when my friend felt something and said, "I felt something weird under there!" and I laughed saying, "There's nothing under there besides those few things." She walked back over there after we set the night stand down and she said, "Tiffany, I found your snake." Not believing her I said, "Yeah right, don't mess with me." Then she replied, "She's right here." After she lifted the paper towel tub up with the snake trying to fit inside.

I immediately took the snake out and hugged it and said, "I can't believe she was under there, I even checked under there a few hours ago!!" I put her back in the tub and re-taped everything so that the probe couldn't fall out again. I moved the tubs and stand to a different part in my room so now I have a fresh start. I was so worried, that was the first time I lost something like that.

[Jay_Bunny]

Congrats on finding her. Losing a snake is a scary experience.

[CoolioTiffany]

Congrats on finding her. Losing a snake is a scary experience.

Thanks, I especially say thanks to my friend who found her LOL. She actually is a member on here, I don't think she goes on very often though. Her name is BcMyori. Losing the snake was a very scary experience, and if it was the one I loved the most I would've literally ripped apart my entire room to search for her.

[Danounet]

Awwww . That sucks, Im glad you found her!!

I always put my ranco in the floor, hopefully I can avoid something like this happening to me.

Be sure to be extra nice to your friend from now on LOL

[CoolioTiffany]

Awwww . That sucks, Im glad you found her!!

I always put my ranco in the floor, hopefully I can avoid something like this happening to me.

Be sure to be extra nice to your friend from now on LOL

Yeah it sucked really badly, I could only think of the bag things that could've happened to her. I definitely will be very nice to my friend LOL, she found my little baby

[retic720]

good to hear that you found your pastel baby

my memorable "found you" moments:

1) I was in a hurry to be on time for my date and I didn't realize that I left the locking lid of one of my retics' cage ajar. It's a GOOD thing I left my wallet in my room, coz that's the time I was (surprised) to see her perched on the banister. She's usually nippy, but for some reason, she was very cooperative when I picked her up and placed her back.

2) I was testing one of my new cages and I used my ball python as a test subject. When I woke up, the cage was empty but I found him hiding behind one of my picture frames coz he just had to make a peek ....don't worry, I locked my room before tucking to sleep.

[CoolioTiffany]

good to hear that you found your pastel baby

my memorable "found you" moments:

1) I was in a hurry to be on time for my date and I didn't realize that I left the locking lid of one of my retics' cage ajar. It's a GOOD thing I left my wallet in my room, coz that's the time I was (surprised) to see her perched on the banister. She's usually nippy, but for some reason, she was very cooperative when I picked her up and placed her back.

2) I was testing one of my new cages and I used my ball python as a test subject. When I woke up, the cage was empty but I found him hiding behind one of my picture frames coz he just had to make a peek ....don't worry, I locked my room before tucking to sleep.

Those are some scary moments, IMO. I guess that new cage isn't very reliable LOL

[h00blah]

aww poor tifferbee


im soooo glad u found cookie tho

i hope that never happens again tiff. never ever.

[CoolioTiffany]

aww poor tifferbee


im soooo glad u found cookie tho

i hope that never happens again tiff. never ever.

I hope so too, that freaked me out so much. It's scary when you have snakes and a cat.