undocumented crisis

[drache]

I know you guys really want pics of this one, but sorry - the story's all you're gonna get, 'cause I was just too stressed at the time
one of my kings had wedged himself between the two panels of the sliding glass doors and I was certain he couldn't get himself back out
I kept working on it, but the doors don't come out and he started having abrasions and what looked like bruising
I ended up calling the rescue
Sean, the guy who runs the rescue lived right around the corner, and lucky for me, I just caught him before he was going out, so he came over and somehow got my little wanna-be Houdini out
all of this seems so straight-forward right now, but at the time it was high crisis, with Mikhaila wailing and accusing me of killing the snake, because I had forgotten to stuff the tubing in that gap
he's still alive, but a bit banged up
whew!

[Lulu Bennett]

awww rhea. that is just unlucky. i was worried about that with my marcys when i first got them. how big is your king? there is only possibly enough room to fit a tiny baby garter through the gap in my tank lol at least everything was ok in the end and i am sure he will be ok.

[Sid]

I can feel for you on that one. Had a similar ordead last year. Hope the King snake is OK.

[drache]

he's about three feet long and about an inch think
I didn't think that gap could fit anything bigger than a one-year-old garter
but he had to try . . .
it was scary to see him hanging there, with stuff squeezing out of his vent

he didn't seem anywhere near as stressed as we were
I think he was headed for the garters

[ssssnakeluvr]

never underestimate a snakes ability to escape.....I put a stray red tail (some one's escaped pet that was found) in a cat cage (they don't trust us officers enough to give us keys to the rooms with the snake tanks in...) thinking that the 6 ft snake couldn't get thru the 1 1/2 inch gaps....I got a serious surprise the next morning as the snake did squeeze out!!!! I didn't think this snake could squeeze thru such a small gap but he did.

[zooplan]

Kopf hoch, Rhea!
You must be lucky to have gotten this experience wtihout losing the snake.

[drache]

okay
this is all I can do in terms of follow up documentation

this is Lav, the escape artist



and this is the little abrasion/bruise he got away with



I don't think it'll prevent him from trying anything in the future, but he didn't really want to leave his damp hide today

[Lori P]

Aww, poor guy!! I'm SO glad he's ok. He looks so pathetic... "Mom, close the door, I need to sleeeeep!!"

[Snaky]

Luckily that in the end he didn't have any serious injuries... Hopefully he'll be his old self in no time again.

[RZL36]

Poor guy. I read about some guy who was holding his king snake high and put it in a fan. The snake was banged up, but survived.

It looks like minor bruising.