Escaped, but Found.

[Lisn123]

So we had our first (& hopefully Last) "Snake escape Scare".

This is one thing i've been worried about, since we brought her home. Most of our friends ask silly questions, like "Aren't you afraid she'll escape????" and imply her first mission will be to come and attack us in our sleep. LOL
but My fear of escape is of course for the safety of the snake.

Yesterday I went into to check her before we left for church. and didn't see her anywhere, my heart just sank. I looked at the top and thought there is NO way she could have got out. She must be in there some where!! Then checked again and realized one part of the top was not on the tracks all the way. (its a tank with slide on locking screen top) - I can't believe she got out of this little area. First of all, I have some "greens" suctioned on the side, but there aren't any close to this corner, so how she got up there and strong enough to lift it up and get through, is just amazing to me.

We started searching my daughters room and found her under her beanbag chair. Poor thing was pretty chilly. So some how between midnight and 7 a.m- she made her escape.

Luckily she seems unphased by her adventures. Not sure about the rest of us though. lol

I told the kids they can't tell anyone this story, especially Grandma, because she will never come visit again!! Needless to say- we'll be using even MORE caution with the security of her enclosure

[Rawbbeh]

Good thing you found her before you sat down and took a break from looking!

I had a corn snake escape once. Just kept and eye on the cat and sure enough, Magellan led me straight to him a day later!

[FoxReptiles]

Good thing you found her. My sister would never visit again if we ever had an escapee that she knew about. One of my biggest fears is that one of my kids will open one of the enclosures just enough for an escape that we don't notice for a while. They know better, but they "know better" about a lot of things that they end up doing.

Glad your snake's night out ended well.

[decensored]

lol! I'm glad it worked out for you! It happens to the best of us. LOL I had an escape a couple months ago. Found him curled up in the back of the rack snuggling the heat tape. No burns so I was relieved. The important thing is that you found it!

Thanks for sharing!!