Hide and Seek Fun

[fishmommy]

well I have read many stories about how BP's like to crawl into the smallest and most unlikely places whenever they can....finally got a taste myself.

Had my boy out on my favorite recliner yesterday hanging out in my lap. He sometimes likes to crawl around behind my butt and lay squished between me and the back of the chair. Anyway this time he went around along side of me and I assumed he was going behind me. He got about halfway off my lap when I realized that I didnt' feel him poking around behind me.
Yep, he found a gap in the chair and was disappearing quickly out of sight
unfortunately enough of him got in there that he got a good grip and I was unable to pull him backward with gentle pressure, so I gave up on that idea.

He went all the way in and I flipped the chair to see if I could get access....and of course he had found a pocket that was totally inaccessible
he's a sneaky little guy!

It was the day before feeding so I tempted him back out with a thawed mouse and fed him back in his cage right after. It all worked out fine in the end, and was pretty fun once I realized he was not getting squished in the chair (moment of panic at first)

this morning the poor little guy came out for feeding on his normal schedule, and I had to remind him that he ate a day early. He didn't look like he believed me

anyway, I have a whole new level of appreciation for the 'escaped/lost snake' situations that happen....these guys really pick some impossible places to curl up when they get the chance!

[dr del]

Glad to hear you got him out.


When I had a kingsnake by the tail with the rest of him inside a fireplace I used the following technique;

pull gently till he comes out a bit then tenses himself to hold in, dont let him pull further in but don't try and pull him further out untill he relaxes again.

Rince repeat.

Took me 3 hours to get a five foot kingsnake out of a false fronted fireplace with internal struts and supports but aside form a little scale damage and a lot of dust he was fine.


dr del

[NjoY]

LOL.
Glad you got him back ok.

[fishmommy]

yeah I used that technique a bit also...once he came out halfway to find out where the mouse smell was coming from he decided to start going back in. At that point I grasped him firmly so he couldn't retreat and spent about a half hour doing the pull-wait-pull routine to get his rear half out. It was pretty fun...a test of wills kind of
he held on with every last centemeter of his tail...little stinker

if I thought he was in danger I would have taken the chair apart....a wrecked chair is a small price to pay to get a snake out of a bad situation. Luckily for the chair the space he was in was a snug little pocket with no sharp metal bits or other dangers.

from now on we're going to do all our roaming and sitting on the bean-bag chair...no spaces there!

meanwhile, he has spent the day trying to convince me that if I gave him a SECOND consecutive meal it will help him get too big to fit in the chair.