Escape artist

[The Golem]

2 nights ago I tried to feed Mr Burrows but he stayed in hide. I know he was there, I saw him. Last night, around 7:30 pm I changed water and checked temps as usual. Then some time during the night around 1:00 am I heard a noise in living room and went to check. Seemed okay, nothing out of place so went back to sleep. Maybe it was noise from a neighbouring apartment and I just thought it was closer.

This morning...woke up at usual 5:00 am, went in to kitchen. I have a coffee maker with a blue LED panel, bright enough that I don't need to turn on kitchen light to get coffee started. So I did that, went out of the room, returned in a few minutes and turned on light...and that's when I noticed my snake on the kitchen floor.

I was a little freaked out! Picked him up, checked him out and he looked fine; he was more active than usual so after a few minutes, went to put him in his cage. The front sliding glass doors were both still closed

The only possible way he got out was through the top. But it is held down with clips in each corner, and I have some items on top of the screen that do not appear to have been moved or disturbed. I rationally know snakes can squeeze through seemingly too-small holes and openings but I'm completely at a loss as to how he escaped from this enclosure.

[Albert Clark]

I recently went through a similar incident with a new Arizona mountain king snake. She is now in a new enclosure , a tub with locking side handles. She was previously in a 10 gallon quarantine tank. I had clips on both ends of the tank. Probably should've had two more clips. One for each corner. Don't put him back there unless you add more clips or a different enclosure like a tub with locking handles. Good luck and I'm glad you found him.