Loose snakes

Knock on wood - I've never had an escape! Although I have forgotten to put clips back on two 15 quart tubs after a feeding and rushed back when I remembered 2 hours later and both were happily curled up in their warm side hides in each of their enclosures.

My first BP, The B*tch, got out, and ended up being found in a deceased state in our basement. It was winter, and we had her in the cage our BCI occupies now; sliding doors in front, and at the time a glass divider in the middle; had 2 BPs in there. It was my fault; didn't make sure the lid was shut.. she squeezed her way through a heating duct into the ductwork, broke a piece which fell to the floor, fell and slithered back up toward the warmth of upstairs; found her in the wooden eaves of the subfloor. Our basement is a dirt-floor affair; she had no chance; had it been summer though she could have gotten outside!! Needless to say we do not allow escapes anymore; haven't had one since that.

I had a snake lost!! A babie cornsnake. Poor babie never was found.But it was where corns were native so i think he may have had a decent chance.

I had a baby cornsnake lost and never found.It was very sad

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My female IJCP popped her lid on her plastic tub due to the way the lid clicked with the thermostat cord inside the container. (A couple of times the lid wouldn't click quite all the way.) This happened last year.

She was able to get out of her plastic tub twice, before she was moved to a different cage style.

The first time I cooled down the apartment, made it dark and quiet and walked around with a flashlight. I found her in my invert room.

The second time it was feeding day and I hadn't checked on her the day before. I was somewhat paniaced as I had no idea when she escaped, since when i went to feed her she wasn't there. I decided I would finish feeding the other snakes and then go looking for her. I turned around from feeding one of the snakes in the invert room to find her hanging out on the wire shelves and looking interested in food :)

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Originally Posted by Schlyne

The second time it was feeding day and I hadn't checked on her the day before. I was somewhat paniaced as I had no idea when she escaped, since when i went to feed her she wasn't there. I decided I would finish feeding the other snakes and then go looking for her. I turned around from feeding one of the snakes in the invert room to find her hanging out on the wire shelves and looking interested in food :)

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Haha, not THAT is a great story! Love it!!!

:laughing: she scared the crap out of me when I turned around :P

She could have tagged me from behind and I would have had no idea until she would have bite me :P

Frank's snake, Jeff, got out once. We had him in a ten gallon with a lid that lifted off... thought there wasn't enough room for him to squeeze between the lip of the cage and the screen but he managed it. Frank found him the next morning, curled up underneath the toilet... quite literally scared the poo out of him, lol!

only 1 escapee for me...it was my youngest girl (300grams). We left for a couple of hours and when i came back to check on everybody she was not under her hide or in the tank elsewhere. my couch was the closest area that I thought she would go and sure enough there she was. She looked pissed though that i found her. Almost like god why did you have to find me?!

I didn't clamp one corner of the cage, and when he got out he moved a total of 3 feet behind the door, which was the nearest tightest place he could find. I have had mice escape from a box, and had to think like a mouse to follow the wall all the way into my brother's room where he was walkin around, he didn't do too much walkin after that....:D


~mike