A crash in the night....!

[Ginevive]

It was about three AM this morning; my boyfriend and I were fast asleep. All of a sudden, a crashing sound is heard; breaking glass. My boyfriend jumps outta bed and yells "WHOS HERE?" He was about to grab for the shotgun!
Well, we turn on the lights and go in the living room. I have a curio cabinet that has (or HAD, lol) a nice lamp with a pretty glass lampshade thing on it. It was lying on the floor, being slithered on by Ringer our rescue-case male.
How he got out is anyone's guess. I have him in one of those big "under the bed" type rubbermaids, and had the lid duct-taped in the center part, since the container's fasteners are just on either side, not in the center. Somehow he managed to snap the tape and slither out.
I am only thankful that he did not encounter our cat on his rendezvous. I have since put a very heavy item (my boyfriend's autoclave, used to clean tattoo needles) on the lid for the time being to weigh it down.. Yikes, what a fitful night/

[gozetec02]

Did ringer get cut by the glass. Your lucky in a way that he broke the lamp other wise you would have had a time trying to find him.

[sophie42204]

Glad he's ok!! Too bad about the lamp though. :cry:

[Marla]

Glad you caught him quick! Heck of a way to find out he was out, though.

[The_Godfather]

Hahahaha, that's priceless.

[tuffy110]

OHHH, I can picture my hubby's reaction if Dobby got out. Ummm, shotgun probably would not be put away, and probably would still have been used on culprit. Hubby said he thought my snake was cool, and he did hold Dobby, however, he held it like he was still terrified of it but wanted to put on a brave face in front of his half-his-size wife. I swear the way he held it, I was convinced the hairs were standing out on the back of his head, and made mine stand out watching him.
Any of you guys ever NOT been scared of an animal, then suddenly became scared after someone else's reaction? I went to buy Ivan, my rose hair tarantula and I didn't think anything of it, until the people at the petshop acted scared. I was like what is wrong with you guys, you said it wasn't poisonous, and he was like, well his bite still may hurt. So for a week I was scared of him, now I am not, but man it took a few days.

[maniac]

Maybe next time your snake gets out and it gets a bit bigger you will have to worry about it making a hungry encounter with you're cat, rather then your cat making an instinct attack.. All the more reason to keep your snake appetite under control. Reminds me, couple years ago in one of my old apartments I had a neighboor who was breeding cats and had a litter of kittens and her husband had a thick 5ft ball python which got loose occasionaly. 1 morning I had a talk with her husband and he told me how his python got loose and the same time they were missing a kitten. He told me he never told his wife but he noticed a distinctive lump in his snakes belly after he tried feeding it a rat the same day.. Perfect example of mother nature's circle of life ;] but keep your hungry snakes away from your loves kittens or cats.. or you might be stuck with a stubborn snake refusing mice and rats, and with an appetite for your felines.

[The_Godfather]

BP's actually do consider cats as food. Monty struck at my cat when I put it in his cage for fun. And one time he struck at her face.

[Ginevive]

Maybe next time your snake gets out and it gets a bit bigger you will have to worry about it making a hungry encounter with you're cat, rather then your cat making an instinct attack..

The bad thing is, this snake is adult-sized. I had him in the rubbermaid with the lid duct-taped in the center, but he was so strong he broke the duct tape. I guess it was my ignorance for thinking this was impossible! And it was the good, thick duct tape, mind you.
Now with the autoclave sitting atop the rmaid, there is no way the thing can push his way out. He is a big fat male, but I know he cannot get out now.
The snake did not actually break the lamp, according to my boyfriend, He picked the lamp up to get to the snake, and dropped it once he had the snake. So it is his fault!!!
NO more BP escapes for me.

[Marla]

BP's actually do consider cats as food. Monty struck at my cat when I put it in his cage for fun. And one time he struck at her face.

Tell me you didn't do that, that you're just kidding. That's awful for both of them!


And Ginevive, you can avoid the possibility of the autoclave getting knocked off or the enclosure plastic cracking from the weight of it if you use clamps, bolts and wingnuts, toggle bolts, or even appropriately-sized bungee cords to secure the top. There are a zillion ways to secure a Rubbermaid type enclosure, and not nearly as many ways to secure an aquarium with a screen top.