I would have been devestated if I had lost my baby. Crawly was my first ball python, I could not imagine losing her. Honestly the only reason I started pulling tubs was because I had watched a video on youtube once upon a time where they were showing off their clutch and one of the babies made a run for it, they found it curled up on the heat tape. So my first thought was... she is probably on the heat tape.
My second thought was that I had changed Sunny into the same size tub Crawly was put in, which meant that there was a little gap on that one too. So I freaked and thought, please God don't let them both be gone. So I pulled her tub and instead of two missing snakes, I had two in the same tub lol.
Thank God I found her that quick or I would have torn this place upside down to find that baby. My husband was actually on the phone when I discovered she was gone talking to his mother in law and I yelled at him to get off and help me. He told her we had an AWOL snake and came to help me find her only to get there in time for me to find her in Sunny's tub lol.
Thanks for the compliment on the name! I thought Sunny was a cute name for her, not only because she's yellow, but she has a pretty bright personality. She always peeks out when I look in on her, even if she's balled, I get a glimpse of those pink eyes staring up at me lol.
One thing is for sure... I will never ever underestimate how small of a gap they can squeeze through ever again!