Funniest place your ball python got away too

Back in the "old days" when I had my first clutch and built my first hatchling rack I had an escape of a male and female hatchling.

I found the female hatchling next to the heating vent in the floor almost right away but for the life of me couldn't find the male in the snake room. After tearing the whole room apart I moved to the next room in the house fearing the worst.

After frantically searching for another hour or so and pulling things out of the bedroom I just happen to open the top drawer of my nightstand where my unmentionables reside and get a surprise....the little guy is curled up next to them.

Nearest I can figure the two ran off together and things got hot and heavy so he ran to the "store" (my nightstand) for protection and after getting there decided she wasn't worth it....probably because she was his sister. :D

Great stories guys!

I used to have a pastel male who would escape at EVERY opportunity. Well one day I went to check on him to find he wasn't there. At this time I'd had him in my bedroom while the others were downstairs so I ended up tearing my room apart to find him. After 2 hours of searching I looked at my night stand, which I had moved a couple times in trying to find him, and I started opening the drawers and sure enough in the top draw there he was staring up at me like "HEY! SHUT THE DOOR!". I snatched him up, put him in his cage, put like 4 big books on top of it, and went to target to buy a tub :p.

I haven't had that problem yet but I did notice the other day the lid wasn't on that tight. I even went to bed got up in the morning to check temps and he was poking around the lid so I think I caught him just in time.

well not too long ago when i had to switch the hets into bigger tubs, I moved the shelves up a hair as the bigger tubs were the same height. i also instead of moving the flex itself a couple inches away from the back wall, I just moved the shelf forward a little. Figured it would be easier then messin w/ all that tape. I wanted the flex away from the very edge of the tub so they could utilize the heat source more.

airhead me wasnt even thinking that if I move the shelf forward, it would leave a space in the back of the bins.

well the het female found this right away!

good thing we were talking about their weights right after we came down stairs from the lil remodeling project.. I was saying they were one weight, my fiance was saying something different.. So my fiance went back upstairs to check the folder so she could prove me wrong..

all of a sudden i hear a SCREAMMMM. then "Hunny... this isn't gonna work!!!!"

I ran upstairs and there was Charger (het hypo female) staring me face to face. She got out and was on the shelf above hers.

My folder I keep the snakes info is, is on the very top shelf, as my fiance was reaching up (shes short) she didnt even notice the snake at first until Charger struck twards her face!!!!

Oh we laughed soooo hard. needless to say I fixed the shelf and re-adjusted the flex lol and the rack looks a lil like swiss cheese now from all the screw holes LOL

PS
I was the one who was right w/ the weights :D

My snake room is like a second cage. I keep the doors always shut, and any escapes blocked off, so if somehow someone gets out, i know exactly where to look. In that room is a closet with a bunch of junk in it - tools and whatnot.

Once, Aaron went in to get some wrenches from his bicycle toolbox. I heard a big crash and then he started yelling at me. I went in and he was very flustered - he had taken down his toolbox only to reveal a pretty agitated snake on the shelf behind it, which had caught him off guard enough to make him drop the toolbox.

I knew he was pretty upset, but i couldn't stop laughing. :rofl:

I grabbed "bubbles" and gave her a hug before putting her back in her tub :)