Snake escapes from racks, anyone?

For the first time in my life, a snake got out! Issa, my 5ft ball python found a way out of her tub, which is in a C Serpent rack. I found her in the open trash can just hanging out... thank God I found her!

Anyone else have snakes escape from a rack?

I'm baffled. No one touches them except for me so I know no one else slid her tub open.


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I used to poll every time someone had an escape as to whether or not their enclosure was DIY. I never had someone with an escape tell me it was a professionally made enclosure except one person who admitted that they think they left the tub open. This was after about 15 or more people polled. You'll be the first, assuming you didn't accidentally leave the tub a little cracked.

Seriously!? I can't be the first...that's just crazy lol. Issa is 5ft and 4,000g. She's a big girl, maybe she somehow figured out how to escape out of her 30q tub? I just put her into her old 50g tank with 4 locks to be safe. I had put her into my rack for breeding purposes but I don't think I'm going to do it again until I get the little locks installed on all my tubs.

I know I didn't leave it open, idk could just be a freak accident? Im pretty obsessed with making sure the tubs hit the back of the rack.


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Never had an escapee from a rack...

I have had several snakes get out of Vision hatchling racks. Vision racks suck!!!!!!!!


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Mistakes happen, i see it 100% IMPOSSIBLE for a snake to escape a rack unless left open, i for one left my ARS open just 1inch last night work up and was like damn ill be looking for my Clown female... luckly she was too fat of eggs and lazy and stayed put all night or shed escape! Not like theyll arch on there back and wedge it forward from the roof!

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Seriously!? I can't be the first...that's just crazy lol. Issa is 5ft and 4,000g. She's a big girl, maybe she somehow figured out how to escape out of her 30q tub? I just put her into her old 50g tank with 4 locks to be safe. I had put her into my rack for breeding purposes but I don't think I'm going to do it again until I get the little locks installed on all my tubs.

I know I didn't leave it open, idk could just be a freak accident? Im pretty obsessed with making sure the tubs hit the back of the rack.


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A 30 qt tub sounds small for a 4000 gram girl. Maybe that was part of your problem? Luckily, we haven't had any escapes, but ours is a homemade melamine rack, and we use bins with latching lids.

Can say I've never had an escapee with in my racks. I use a combo of 16, 32, and 60 quart sterilite tubs that I've made myself.

However I do use lids...

Well I know I didn't leave her cage open....as for her the tub being too small for her, yes it is but like I said I only used it while I put the male in with her. She's back in her huge tank being very active, she's not leaving it either!

My best guess is that she freakishly found a way to slid it open since she's so big. It can't be "impossible", it had to have happened to others Because it happened to me. If my juvenile corn snake could escape a tank with two tops (one that slid out, and one that lifted up) and bricks on top, then anything is possible :P


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Originally Posted by Scirlygirl

For the first time in my life, a snake got out! Issa, my 5ft ball python found a way out of her tub, which is in a C Serpent rack.

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If my juvenile corn snake could escape a tank with two tops (one that slid out, and one that lifted up) and bricks on top, then anything is possible.

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So for your second time you mean?

How exactly could the corn get out with all those obstacles?

I have never had an escape from my rack and my two sliding screen topped cages have kept their occupants inside without any double lids or bricks.

I built my rack out of melamine and put latches on the back so the tub slides in and cant come out the back and I have a pole in the front right down the middle so the tubs cant slide out forward either.

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Seriously!? escape out of her 30q tub?

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You just answered your own question!Why the hell do you have a 4000g ball in a 30q tub? The animal just pushed against the top and slid the tub out. You can always place stops in front of tubs to gaurd against this happening,but that snake needs a larger tub.

Mine got out once with locked doors.

But it doesn't do any good if I don't lock the doors!!!


I now triple check each time after closing the door.

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Originally Posted by grcforce327

You just answered your own question!Why the hell do you have a 4000g ball in a 30q tub? The animal just pushed against the top and slid the tub out. You can always place stops in front of tubs to gaurd against this happening,but that snake needs a larger tub.

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Let's not get fired up alright? As I said before I put her in the tub just for breeding purposes when she's with the male. I was told a 30q should be fine when pairing. Obviously it's not. The tub is NOT her permanent house. She has a 50g TANK that she lives in. But like you said she must have pushed against the top and got out. I was just startled about the situation but it makes sense now.


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Originally Posted by KMG

So for your second time you mean?

How exactly could the corn get out with all those obstacles?

I have never had an escape from my rack and my two sliding screen topped cages have kept their occupants inside without any double lids or bricks.

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I was 9 years old when I had my corn snake. That was way before I had ball pythons. Issa, is the first ball python that has gotten out (which are all in C Serpent racks except Issa). I've had several other species that has never gotten out. I can't read minds, if I knew how the stupid corn snake got out of it's tank I would tell you. They are escape artist. And just because you never had it happened to you doesn't mean it won't happen to someone else.


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Originally Posted by Scirlygirl

I was 9 years old when I had my corn snake. That was way before I had ball pythons. Issa, is the first ball python that has gotten out (which are all in C Serpent racks except Issa). I've had several other species that has never gotten out. I can't read minds, if I knew how the stupid corn snake got out of it's tank I would tell you. They are escape artist. And just because you never had it happened to you doesn't mean it won't happen to someone else.

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All snakes are escape artist. That's why the proper caging is important.

Never had any escapees from my racks and only one of them has locking mechanisms to make it impossible


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