:'( snake on the loose!!!!! :'(

[Light of Dae]

So.... she was home and hiding all the time?

Hands up everyone that has torn the house apart looking for a snake that was right under their nose all the time.

*Quietly raises hand n looks away.....*

lol

[guidofatherof5]

Glad she is being rewarded.

[Light of Dae]

Lol yea... rewarding bad behavior eh? Ain't I a great mom lol

[kimbosaur]

Wow, that's a really pretty snake. Glad everything turned out all right.

The same thing almost happened to me but I realized before I could panic. It was a much smaller box so harder to miss:


Sneaky snakes.

[mikem]

Glad you found it!

[EasternGirl]

I have that exact same Flukers box. And I will raise my hand to tearing tanks apart and freaking out on several occasions only to find the snake in the enclosure hiding. So glad you found her!!

[Didymus20X6]

Little Dude did that to me once. I used to have coconut fiber tops to the snake hides, which were essentially upside down flower pots with holes in the side. They looked like little thatch-roof cottages, and since no burninators seemed to attack them, I liked them.

But anyway, Little Dude disappeared from her enclosure one day. I looked everywhere and could not find her. After worrying that she might have escaped somehow, I decided to make one last check: I lifted the coconut fiber top off the flower pot, and Voila! She had climbed through the hole and made herself an attic.

I don't use the coconut fiber anymore. It is too messy, and doesn't stay on anymore, so why bother? The snakes are just as happy without it, and sometimes, Little Dude likes to do the "Up Periscope," where she'll rest her head through the hole in the top of the flower pot.

[JosvdB]

So.. this is the hide she hid in to scare the daylights out of me lol



This is the spot she crammed herself into...

*Note; This lid has the metal bars plus metal mesh screen. I didn't think she could get out of that! But then I couldn't find her ... and that 'Flukers' box I opened, looked around every side of it.. tossed it down thinking Damnit she's not there either! lol

When I was holding her after finding her I got the idea she was hungry.. She opened her mouth n slowly went for a finger. lol It was so funny! It was the slowest ever! Lol She din't get me as I moved my finger away. When she didn't latch on to me she just held her mouth open for a second n looked around. lol She is so chilled out.
Here is the sneaky little prankster enjoying two hot pinkies Got a video of her eating too... I'll have to make an account on youtube.
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O wow, she's beautiful!

Good thing you found her, I just tore up the proximus tank yesterday because I couldn't find one. Happens all the time, haha

[Reptiliancousin]

I'm so glad that you found her! It took me a week to find my milksnake. My brothers had snuck in and left the cage door open. Found her in their closet a week later. You've got a beautiful kingsnake by the way!

[Steveo]

Glad you found her. Kings seem particularly prone to escapes... I once saw my 6 month old king spend an entire evening wedging herself between the sliding lid and the frame of the tank. I bet if the lid hadn't been latched she would have found a way out.