So i had my second escapee...

Well, looks like Dottie is smarter than I thought. She figured out how to wedge her head between the litter dam and the door and pull her head back to slide the door open enough to fit her body in and push the door open enough to escape. Being sick, I slept in and when I woke up to check on everyone, I saw Dotties door slid open a little bit and she was gone. I checked around and saw her rump hanging out from under the TV stand. I moved it and grabbed her and she just looked at me. I put her back and she drank some water and I saw trying to do the head wedge trick again. So I ended up using the lock on her cage. She gave up after a while and went back into her hide lol. Here I thought Dottie was kind of derpy and turns out she is probably the smartest of the snakes lol.

:O gosh, lucky you found her so quick lol! smart gurl.

:sarcasm: Geesh - SOME people just aren't good snake owners LMAO :sarcasm:



Glad you found her so quickly and hope you're feeling better. Funny, because I was just wondering if they could slide the glass on the AP enclosures. I figure I've got a while before any of my crew are big enough to slide to door open.

clever girl! i sometimes catch Yellow pushing on the sliding glass with his body, but thankfully he isn't as smart as Dottie. :P

Glad you found her Sauzo. And now some words of advice, LOCK ALL ENCLOSURES! :D

Snakes are smart at escaping! Wanda somehow managed to pop one of her vents out on Friday- luckily she just headed for the gap between her and Cinnamon's viv and curled up there. I don't understand how she got the vent out though?? Even I have to push it hard from the back, and I have fingers!! Glad you got her back quick and safe though!!

From what I've seen the cleverest ones in my collection are also the most inquisitive- the Dwarf Burm and the Super Dwarf Purple Albino Retic . Ive seen both wedging themselves inbetween the viv sides and wriggling aggressively trying to force the viv doors open or sideways


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So glad you found her! Smart girl!

Looks like Dottie knew you were underestimating her and took her chance while she could :rofl:

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:sarcasm: Geesh - SOME people just aren't good snake owners LMAO :sarcasm:



Glad you found her so quickly and hope you're feeling better. Funny, because I was just wondering if they could slide the glass on the AP enclosures. I figure I've got a while before any of my crew are big enough to slide to door open.

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Well that's the funny part is Dottie is only about 4.5'. I figured if anyone was going to escape it would the retic again But he seems to push at the middle support post when he is hungry. Dottie went the other route and dug in the corner lol.

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Glad you found her Sauzo. And now some words of advice, LOCK ALL ENCLOSURES! :D

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Thanks and first thing I did was lock Dotties door lol. The boas don't really ever push unless they poop in the cage. Then its more of just a frantic windshield wiping effort like 'omg get me away from the poop'. Once I clean it, they go back to just relaxing or sometimes climbing around on the shelf or sitting on a hide. The only ones that seem to push are the pythons.

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Here I thought Dottie was kind of derpy and turns out she is probably the smartest of the snakes lol.

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She sounds like an A class actress.

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Thanks and first thing I did was lock Dotties door lol. The boas don't really ever push unless they poop in the cage. Then its more of just a frantic windshield wiping effort like 'omg get me away from the poop'. Once I clean it, they go back to just relaxing or sometimes climbing around on the shelf or sitting on a hide. The only ones that seem to push are the pythons.

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All I can picture is the boa pooping then freaking out and saying "OMG! WHAT IS THAT?! Get it away from me! OMG! It's touching me, get it off, get it off!!!"

AHH! i just had a second escape today! Irwin got out of the tub that Gimel had escaped from before! I thought no way he could fit through the same gap, well i was wrong - i think the problem is that he was strong enough to widen the gap. Two lucky breaks for me; before i even noticed he was missing, i thought i heard something moving in ceiling above the snakes (i'm in the basement). I dismissed it. My second bit of luck is that its feeding day so i had a nice stinky warm rat with me, so when i saw he was gone and first checked the easiest most obvious places, i put the rat up in the shelf near where i heard the noise and voila!
SO i's day its time for a major redesign or complete replacement of that particular enclosure - for now i literally clamped a piece of wood across it; ugly but effective in the interim.

lol those darn pet rocks! **shakes fist**

glad u found her.