Now, let's face it. If you've been keeping snakes for a while and/or keep several of them at a time, you've faced an escaped snake. They definitely are cleaver creatures.

My question is, what's the strangest place you've found your Ball Python, or any snake for that matter, after it had escaped it's comfy little home?

For me, the strangest place happened right before Christmas. When I first started keeping snakes, I have had several escape, but I thought I learned from my mistakes and thought I had every single tub/cage escape proof...apparently not! While cleaning cages I noticed one of my small Het. Axanthic females had somehow squeezed out of her tub. I tore my place up looking for her to no luck. I didn't know where she could have gone. Everyday I did a look through my place and everyday nothing turned up. About a week and a half goes by and nothing. I go do some laundry, looking through my dirtly clothes thinking she might have somehow hidden herself in there...nothing. I proceed with the wash (I have an old top loader washing machine where the center spins), fill up the machine and have it go into it's gentle spin cycle. Before I go into the fast spin cycle, I open the top and to my surprise, squeezed between the inner bin and the outter part of the machine, was a tiny little Ball Python, sticking it's head out at me wondering what was going on! I was able to pry her out and, except for her being exceptionally clean, it looked like no harm was done! Now if I had NOT checked before it went into the fast spin cycle, I most likely would of had shredded snake in my clothes...

I have NO idea how it ended up inside the washing machine, and how it got itself stuck inbetween the bin. It was the stranges thing. I'm just really glad I was able to recover her with no harm. She has now eaten just fine and seems to be doing well.

So, what's your strangest place?