Loose snakes

When I had tanks, I had two escapes due to the tanks being converted from aquariums.

Since I have had my rack system, I have had absolutly no problems at all.. :)

Kish and Freddie are our Houdinis. *%&%&%&$&*#(# :mad: To date, Kish has escaped 5x (3 diff locations) and Freddie unscrewed the plug on the screen lid, and despite the weights, squiggled under the lights hood and escaped yesterday. I haven't found him yet, but except for a hole in the wall (I can't get to it to close it off :( ) in my bedroom, he'll probably turn up again. The last two times he's escaped he's hidden in Robin's room (where all the rats are).


Oreo's escaped 2x and we found her both times, luckily! Once was in the washer, she had hidden in some laundry I was sorting and the other in my closet across the room from her tank. I've since doubled the # of clips on the tank lid and she's doubled in girth so we haven't had any more problems.

Hera got out once, but that's b/c I forgot to snap the tub lid back down & attach the clips after feeding her. :oops: Found her stuck behind the other tubs. Sort of hard to hide HER, since she's 14.5# and about 5-6' long. :D

Frigging Freddie!!! *%*%*%*% He won't be able to unscrew the plugs again! I've used construction contact glue and glued them in. hee hee :devilish: But I'm hoping he turns up again. I'll check again in the morning when I get home.

We've found Kish and Freddie all those times by leaving the rooms dark, and then turning on the lights @ 3-4 in the morning.

(Should probably be "still on the lam" ) ;)

I have had escaped corns and an escaped baby ball before... I found the corns in my room that day and the ball outside that day. I've also had a boa push out of her tank that I found that day... There have been some times when I used to feed in separate enclosures that the snakes escaped from the feeding enclosures as well.

My most recent escape was by the same boa again, after I forgot to weigh down the lid to her tank. All escapes were preventable on my part and I'm just lucky to find them so quickly.

My male Carpet python got out one day, my dad was home and he had just put him back in his tank and didnt close everything, He pushed the lid up and was heading for some boxes in the living room when the dogs started going nuts, lucky my dad turned around and saw his tail disappear into a box and was able to get him back in his cage and make sure everything was closed and locked down. But other then that never had an escape.

i have yet to have a snake escape in the 2 months i've had them, them binder clips are helpful :)

I had a snake recently escape a closed tub. It was found a few minutes after it was discovered to be missing.

I have never lost a snake, luckily. *knocks on wood*. It must be such a horrible feeling.

I didn't secure the tub all the way, and my little dude got out and scaled my shelves in my closet, was on the the top shelf behind some books. I think I searched that room 10 times before I found him, the little rascal.

I had one escape, when I was 19. (sheesh has it really been 18 years already)
I didnt lose hom though, when I went looking for him, I went to the hallway and hewas slithering toward me. I fixed my error and havent had another escape.

what was my error, you ask? well I shall tell you.

I was TOTALLY new to the world of herpetology, and knew next to nothing. I knew they ate rats. so my friend worked at a pet store. i thought her snake was cool and wanted one. I wasnt told about not using heat rocks, so thats what I had for him. I didnt know to use some kind of bedding, and hides, and a water bowl.

needless to say, I shouldnt have owned a snake at that point, but I was relying on the "experts" to tell me what i should and shouldnt do. I got no useful help.

so I put in a heat rock, put a pillowcase over the lid (dont ask me why, I cant remember) and somehow he managed to get out through the pillowcase and through the space where the cord was on the top of the tank.

I got lucky and found him pretty quick, but he was later stolen and sold to buy drugs.