Shannon's Snakes Photo Thread

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

The red water snake EXPLODED tonight. I've suddenly got 25 more snakes than I had yesterday, they are BIG, and most of them are RED!!!! 16 girls, 9 boys, no jellies or stillborns, deformed or runts!! A new thread coming later tonight with tons of piccies!!!

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

okay. So I found a baby water snake this morning. one that I had no idea even existed, it is yet another girl. so now I have 26 babies, 17 of them, girls! She must have gotten away somehow when I was hastily collcting the young from the tub.


and far worse...

So I noticed yesterday that I didn't see Casper, my large 6 foot, very possibly closer to 7 foot, cave dwelling rat snake peeking out at me like usual. So I decided to be nosy and I found a completely empty cage. I am particularly stumped because i thought the bags of sand on the corners of the lid of this large tank were sufficient enough to keep him in. Guess not

The bad news is, there is now a large, particularly angry snake on the loose in our house and I can't find the sucker anywhere!!! I know this species can climb very well so believe me I have looked both up and down. I KNOW he's not in the snakeroom, I tore it apart. He had to have squeezed out under the rather large gap under the door. Problem is, directly next to this door, is our basement door, which also has a large gap underneath. I have good reason to beleive that Casper is in our gigantic basement, full of stuff to hide in and climb on, because our 5 cats would be going nuts if he was anywhere they could see. I know Casper, being so large is not slick enough to avoid the attention of the cats in the upper levels of the house... and the cats are not acting weird at all. I already searched my house yesterday and today, with NO luck. HOW does one lose a 6 foot snake? I'm going to try going down there with a flashlight at night to catch him cruising around in the dark. He is big so I know he can go a long time without any food but I am worried I'll never find him because he's a climber who can go ANYWHERE

I know all the tricks with sprinkling flour, and plastic bags crinkling and even bottle/jug traps with food, but I am not sure any of this will work in our gigantic, generally uninhabited basement.

[Stefan-A]

I hope you find him, Shannon.

[Snake lover 3-25]

hope you find him soon good luck!

[guidofatherof5]

Best of luck.
At least it's not a small snake.
Hope you find him soon.

[count dewclaw]

Hope you find him. If the cats went into the basement would they sniff him out?

[drache]

I hope you find him soon

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

well, still NO sign of Casper.... HOW DID HE DO IT?!?! I have no idea how he can go unnoticed for so long!!!

[prattypus]

well, still NO sign of Casper.... HOW DID HE DO IT?!?! I have no idea how he can go unnoticed for so long!!!

Well, he is a ghost, so weights won't keep him in. All joking aside, I hope you all the best in tracking him down.

[drache]

have you checked his enclosure again?
never know . . .