Those who've had missing snakes ...

A group of greese?

A grackle is a medium-sized, shiny black bird. It looks like a small crow.

And Judy wins! They're pretty homely looking birds, but it was kind of cool to listen to the babies making such a grackle racket every time we ran the dryer. :)

We had "boat tailed" grackles in Tucson and San Antonio. The males have very long tails that make a deep v-shape...like a boat keel. They're actually kinda pretty with their proud tails. But your average grackle is fairly homely.

i was hoping my lost snake would have tried to get at the rats that were 15 feet from where i found him,but nope.He once tried to get some mice though by crawling up on a coffee table on the other side of the room from where he lived,to sit and figure out how to get through the cage.Guess it just depends if hes very hungry or not.Mine had eaten a few days before he got loose and didnt find a warm spot to digest.

Mine that got loose should have been hungry, but he hasn't shown up yet. It's not impossible for him to show up at this point, but I'm not holding my breath either. I'm sorry yours got out too.

Once, when my bp got out I didn't even know she was missing until one time we were watching tv and saw a little snake head poke out of the VCR! I think she went their because of the heat. I now have locks on the cage lid so it won't happen again.

Yipes! Good thing you didn't try to put a tape in!

We were!! but i should have said she was on the VCR. (I got mixed up :) )

Ahhhh.....LOL...I was picturing her little head poking out of the tape-door. But then again, since they swing inward, if she did get in there, she wouldn't be able to get back out on her own.