My nightly paranoia...

[Ginevive]

Hey; does anyone else ever wake in the night, with the fear that their snake has escaped? It seems like every night, I get up for a glass of water, and I have to turn on the dining room light (room where the snakes are housed) to make sure everyone is in his/her cage.
I think this stems from the past, when 2 of my snakes had gotten out overnight; one of them even broke a vase of mine and startled the boyfriend and i awake! My cages are pretty escape roof now, but I still wake up sometimes with the fear that someone's out.
Am I just paranoid, or is anyone else with me on this one?

[Freakie_frog]

Yes.. I check every time I walk by his cage just to be sure. Never had one get out but don't want to have that happen with my first snake.

[Napoleon]

I used to be paranoid when I first had my snake. I didn't even know I was suppose to weigh down the top somehow to make it escape proof. Luckily, he didn't get out. I have a bunch of books stacked on the top of his cage. Kinda looks weird, but it works. And he's never gotten out..

[Cody]

Nah, I've gotten over my "new bp" paranoia I guess. The first few nights I couldnt sleep. I wasn't worried she'd escape. I was just worried about the temperatures. Since then, though, I've learned that you can't always expect to have the perfect 93/83 temps, and some short drops are fine. Guess I never worried about her escaping, since I have a really nice steel screen cage, which fits perfect to the tank, like a glove. So perfect, it's actually a small struggle to take it on and off. So I doubt she could get that open. But even so, I also have two cement blocks on top, lol. Unless she can lift 10 pounds of cinder blocks, and a tight tank top, she's not going anywhere unless I want her to.

[rex322]

i do it all the time. ill get up even when i know everything is fine

[elevatethis]

No sweat here...my AP cage has locking glass doors! Amber ain't goin nowhere....

[Kara]

Escape shouldn't be an option.

[hhw]

The key is not to only have an escape proof cage, but to also have an escape proof room.

[UberAlice]

KLG, we may not realize it *was* an option until the snake has already taken it.

[BallPythonBabe448]

yea I do that ALLL the time, everytime I pass the room I check the locks....once cupid was trying to get out so I taped the lid on with duct tape and the lock! im so bad about that!