Best Fathers Day Present Ever!! So Far.....

I know its a day late but just wanted to share what has been the best fathers day present so far. I've only been a father for 1.5 years. Anyway here is the striped mojave male that went missing in my car. I brought this guy home from the local reptile show here and he escaped his snake bag 5 minutes before I got home.

On the way home from the show I tried to keep my eyes on him as often as I can and the moment my eyes were off he got loose. After searching him for hours I couldn't find him. I left traps for him (small container with a rat pink inside with a small opening for him to get into and harder for him to get in with a full belly). Left a 48 hour heat pack every 2 days in his hide. Checked every night for a month and then every so often afterwards.

After 3 months I considered him a lost cause. Well while I was cleaning out my garage on fathers day I was moving a garbage bag full of old sod and there he was. Snuggled in the dirt and grass. Surprisingly he hasn't lost much weight and seems perfectly healthy with no RI.

He's in quarantine for the next 3 months but I'm expecting him to be fine. Here's a pic of him. Thanks for looking.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y97...iles/mojo1.jpg

Sam Leam :banana:

Thats great sam, I had a croc gecko go missing on me once in the car and I found him a month later in dead summer and I was astonded, I couldn't imagine how great it'd be to find that great looking mojave after assuming it was gone forever!

I was literally jumping for joy when I found him. It was driving me crazy not finding any signs of him for 3 months and drove my wife even crazier since she's terrified of snakes and refused to drive the car until I found him. Worked out great for the both of us.

I once had a 3 foot boa escape my snake room 5 years ago in the winter and found it a live and well in my bag of rice in the summer. That was a total shocker. Luckily she was a plump girl with plenty of reserve fat. She had RI but recovered fairly quickly.

To others that have lost their pets don't lose hope. Keep the hope ALIVE!!

Sam Leam

What a great present! I'm happy you found him! He's a beauty

What a nice vibrant yellow stripe he has.

wow thats trippy

i had a corn lost for two months in my dads little s10 truck

i considered him gone but one day my dad came and picked me up and his head was poking out of the AC. We went to the pet store and bought a mouse and held it out and wam!, he came out :D

That is awesome, what a great Fathers Day surprise.
My friend had some baby retics get in his trucks AC, not good.

wow, what a great ending, glad you found it alive and doing good.