HELP!!! BP stuck in disk drive!

My normal BP Lucy crawled into my retro computer's 5 1/4 floppy drive. Now she is refusing to come out. Is there any way to get her out of the drive without damaging the drive or the snake, or is the drive a goner? A picture of the drive is here:

http://static.arstechnica.net/apple/disk2mac.jpeg

The drive opens in the front, and leaves a hole large enough for a BP to crawl into. I know it's a strange situation, but I just want my snake back!

I would take it apart carefully. There should be screws holding the casing on. They may be under rubber or plastic feet of the devise. At very least unplug it though.

No way omg. Little bugger. You should be able to take it apart carefully or stick the whole thing in the cool side of her tank and hopefully shell come out to eat or
Warm up. Just watch the humidity
So you don't kill the drive. If she's
Not in shed shell be fine. What a brat!

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Originally Posted by Ladybugzcrunch

I would take it apart carefully. There should be screws holding the casing on. They may be under rubber or plastic feet of the devise. At very least unplug it though.

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Definitely unplug! See if you can carefully take it apart as Ladybugzcrunch said. The only other thing I can think of is maybe try gettin a f/t rat (or whatever it is she's on), thaw it, and leave it out in the open near the snake to try to lure her out. Other than that I've got nothing. This is certainly one of the strangest situations I ever heard :confused:

Unless there's a way you can disassemble it to get to the drive, I'd say you're probably going to have to rip it apart unfortunately. When a snake doesn't want to come out of an enclosed area, they are extremely hard to remove. I suppose you could always try just putting the drive inside her enclosure (if that's possible?) and wait for her to come out, as long as she hasn't gotten herself really stuck in there.

That is a strange situation haha

Just an update: Ended up getting her out of the drive by taking the entire thing apart. She had found her way into the very bottom, and couldn't come back out the front. I was able to put the drive back together, and I hope it still works. I got some pictures for your amusement:

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http://www.atom-computer.com/IMG_0124.JPG
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Wow, good job getting her out! I'm glad to hear it. Btw she's very pretty :)

Oh dear! I'm glad you got her out of that mess ok. She is very pretty indeed!

Thanks for all the input! I think she's beautiful too. I made sure to pick the best one out of the recently hatched clutch. I think I made a good choice. I'm just glad she got out of that drive OK! (The drive still works)

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Originally Posted by apple2

I got some pictures for your amusement:

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I am definitely amused!! Maybe thats your bp tell you what she wants as her new hide. With how ancient that thing is...I might just give it to her if the edges arent sharp and she has a way to get out...

LOL!

I had to lure mine out from the workings of a recliner once.

You could have tried the eject button. :rolleyes:

JK

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Originally Posted by SpiffyYoshi

You could have tried the eject button. :rolleyes:

JK

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LOL, too funny :rofl:

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Originally Posted by SpiffyYoshi

You could have tried the eject button. :rolleyes:

JK

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Haha, Awesome!!

Wow thats crazy. glad you get him outta there

I would have called Apple and asked for one of their top secret tare-apart manuals. Besides didn't all their computers up to the performa series come with a free lifetime tech line? I remember some originals owners suing successfully to get free tech support back when they tried to do away with it in the 90s.

Wow, she is a gorgeous normal!! I love her crazy pattern, very nice!! :D And good to hear that you managed to get her out safely, and hopefully with minimal damage to your drive... definitely an imaginative hiding spot.

LOL this was very amusing indeed! Her pattern is crazy beautiful too, but that is just too funny. Definitely not something you see every day

This was funny. Glad it had a happen ending. She is a very beautiful snake.