The scare of my life - Inyoka escaped

[Topaz]

Every morning when I wake up first thing I do is take the dogs out, feed and water the rabbits, feed and water all the rodents, hedgie, opossum, etc. The last to get checked on/misted/fed are the reptiles. Inyoka was the first of the herps I checked out..well, she wasn't there! I pulled out everything in her enclosure, sifted through all the aspen, and nothing. I had/have no clue how she got out. I was home alone that day until around 8 (when the b/f got home,) so I spent the rest of the day search the house for her. I made bottle traps with nightcrawlers as bait. Nothing the whole day. The b/f got home at almost 9, he tried his best to comfort me, but I just felt awful. I felt like the worst pet owner to let such a tiny animal, and the easiest of those we have to care for, escape like that. Well, he starts searching the house and finds her on the first try. She was under the tank stand that holds my BP, probably for the warmth. I busted into tears I was so happy. When he scooped her up she had this look on her face like "Oh, thank goodness you found me!!" And since she's been back in her own enclosure she keeps trying to get out again :rolleyes: We quadroople checked the enclosure and fixed any areas that could possibly allow anything as small as a flea get out.

The worst part is that this is the second animal this week that escaped. The first was a female soft furred rat that chewed through her cage and made it into the kitchen. Before this, I've never, ever had any animals escape. I hope it doesn't happen again!

[jitami]

How scary! So glad the bf found her :)

[infernalis]

Happy endings are so cool:D

[Garter_Gertie]

The gray hairs our kids give us! Glad everything turned out for the better.

[drache]

so glad she turned up again - whew

[anji1971]

Good news! Glad she's back safe and sound. :)

[crzy_kevo]

glad you found her :D

[reptile3]

Happy to hear you found her... I know the feeling.

I was on vacation, 3 days into being gone, my BP- George, escaped. my friend/neighbor was taking care of my Zoo animals, & began to worry.
My 2 cats, stayed in the master bathroom for the remaining of the time we were gone. They were sooooooooo scared.

All I can think of is, that George, missed me! He was searching for me. There was a search party at my house, all my neighbors looking for a snake, that all were afraid of. LOL

I found George the next day I came home, curled up in my son's huge toybox. He was cool, & was in the middle of preparing for a shed. He hissed at me, then realized who I was.

[GartersRock]

Whew!! Glad you found her!!! I hate the feeling of an escaped snake...

[Snake lover 3-25]

so happy you found her:)

[Topaz]

It happened again. The little booger had figured out a way out of the enclosure and sent us on a long, tiresome search of the apartment. We still don't know how she got out. We decided to pull the couch out from the wall (our "junk corner," and take everything out, piece by piece, and lo' and behold it paid off. She was under some cables, barely visible. While the b/f held her, I cleaned out a 10 gallon holding tank that we used to put mice in during cage cleaning, and it's now her new home. It's huge compared to her tiny body. I never thought I'd say that a 10 gallon looked "too big" for an animal.

Because of all the extra room, she got more vines, another hide and some "toys." She got a Neopet figure from Burger King, and a couple candle holders, without the candles. One is a jack-o-lantern and the other is a black cat, in celebration of upcoming Halloween (we always go all out for it.)

No more escapes for Inyoka!!

[Snake lover 3-25]

lol happy you found her AGAIN!!!

i'd sugest that you put everything that is in the cage so that there is at least 1.5X her body length above it..... it worked for my 23 babies and the only time they escaped was when i placed the objects too high in the cage.....:D good luck:D

[Topaz]

lol happy you found her AGAIN!!!

i'd sugest that you put everything that is in the cage so that there is at least 1.5X her body length above it..... it worked for my 23 babies and the only time they escaped was when i placed the objects too high in the cage.....:D good luck:D

We made sure of that this time!!

[Snake lover 3-25]

lol i had 9 babies escape in less than an hour when i placed a plant in their cage an inch too high lol it's in the thread 'what an hour'