Well, I have only ever owned one king snake, but I'll tell you my experience. When she got out, she some how got out of my house and went over and into my neighbors house. My neighbor is deathly scared of snakes, but knows that I keep them, and some how got her in a paper bag and brought her back to me. Honestly, I don't even want to know how she got the snake in the bag, but I'm glad she didn't kill her. None the less, my neighbor was not happy with her experience, as funny as I found it.