Vigil went missing and Cake finally ate. (pointless thread)

Spoilers: I found Vigil. And Cake ate a live hopper.

I go home (without the snakes) over every weekend back to my parents' house, got back today, and Vigil was not in her enclosure. My roommate and I pretty much tore the apartment apart for 30 minutes and looked in every pile of clothes, under blankets, mattress, boxes, laundry, cabinets, etc. In the end, I spotted her freaking huddled inside the clean huge bag of aspen in the bathroom. Which means she squeezed her fat self under the 3/4 inch beneath the door, because I always keep the bathroom door closed. But thank god the apartment is so small and we literally don't have furniture besides a couple tables and our beds.

I was so relieved. But lesson learned, those binder clips are a lie. What the hell do those binder clips do to keep your snake in? Nothing. LOL. I need a lock-down upgrade. Piling books and heavy things on her enclosure for the time being.

And...

Cake ate... I finally got a live mouse hopper to try once and for all if he would take it, and it took him 10 seconds, but he did. He also spent 10 minutes swallowing the tiny thing head-first, and it makes me wonder whether snakes forget how to swallow after being off feed? He was off-feed for about 3 months.. and now I'm not sure whether he just wanted to eat live, or whether he was actually "seasonally off-feed".

This is the loser. What a nerd.

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At least you found Vigil, and I'm glad Cake finally ate. :P

Eating is eating! And yay for that! So Vigil was hiding in a bag of bedding? lol That's just to funny! You should've gotten a picture. :3

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Originally Posted by SmoothScales

Eating is eating! And yay for that! So Vigil was hiding in a bag of bedding? lol That's just to funny! You should've gotten a picture. :3

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True true! I'll offer an F/T tomorrow and see if he takes it. If not... Cake, trouble snake.

Yeah, I guess she found the closest thing to her enclosure. LOL. I wish I got a picture, but I was ecstatic and just immediately took her out!

My Savannah monitor has half of an entire weight set sitting on top of her "escape proof" enclosure. I know your pain. Im so glad you found her!

good lord what an ordeal. glad u found Vigil safely. u can use luggage straps, maybe criss-cross them across the tubs.

also that last pix of Cake is outta focus. step up your photo game girl. lol ;)

Those clamps people use to DIY wood enclosures, racks, etc also work well.

Ive bungee corded large tubs shut in transport before as well. Not pretty, but effective.

For smaller tubs Ive used twine, and tied it like I'm baling newspaper for recycling.