Close calls

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

seeing as a camera is actually a permanent extention of my arm.... I can say same here Don!!!

[guidofatherof5]

5 seconds of being distracted by one of my kids called for an all out search by 5 kids and 2 adults. 4.5 hours later I found her in the dark and during a thunderstorm. Photo time and one at a time, by myself(no distraction).
As much as they may love it imagine how much you would hate to lose them. The 4.5 hours of guilt was enough for me to change the way I do things.

[Snake lover 3-25]

yup lol 4 at a time was def. a dumb idea lol but my front yard is a great big square with 2 big trees and no holes to go into and it's got the road that almost never has cars on one side and my driveway on another and the house on the third so ther're pretty easy to keep track of as long as i'm paying attention lol and it helps to do it right after the lawn was mown.... but they're usually good.... i've taken them out i'd say 150+ times in the last 2 yrs and only 4 things have ever happened and i def keep to good an eye out for a hawk lol but i love 'em to death and so no more than one at a time anymore lol

[infernalis]

I won't say never, but not with any Garters.

Far too risky.

[drache]

Shanley
I got a big kick out of reading about your snakes' yard roaming, but I'd be too scared to loose mine
the only one I let out to roam is the beardie and even that is scary

[infernalis]

Garters can be very quick and very clever Shanley, I just know how terrible you would feel if anything ever happened, Think long and hard if it would really be worth it to lose meadow or sooty forever.

They certainly get enough free roam time inside the house, where there is at least a good chance of getting them back if they decided to take off.

I won't take my garter snakes outside, unless they are in a snake bag going to the vet.

Is it really worth losing your best friends? Think back about some of those close calls you have shared with us on the forum.

[jitami]

Yeah, way to paranoid here... You know, though, how much would it cost to get few sheets of plexiglass and either just jam them into the ground for a temporary outdoor enclosure or attatch stakes to the plexi and put the stakes in the ground? You'd still have to watch them, but they'd have to scale the plexi glass wall to escape? I may have to try that How tall is tall enough? Hmmmm...

[Stefan-A]

Yeah, way to paranoid here... You know, though, how much would it cost to get few sheets of plexiglass and either just jam them into the ground for a temporary outdoor enclosure or attatch stakes to the plexi and put the stakes in the ground? You'd still have to watch them, but they'd have to scale the plexi glass wall to escape? I may have to try that How tall is tall enough? Hmmmm...

It's not a cheap material and you'd need a lot of it. I'd say it'd need to be at least as high as the snake is long.

[guidofatherof5]

Plexi in my area of the county if sky high in price. I went to buy a small piece of it.(Which you can't do) A large piece 2ft X 2ft was $40.00 and that's from a discount place.

[infernalis]

Yeah, way to paranoid here... You know, though, how much would it cost to get few sheets of plexiglass and either just jam them into the ground for a temporary outdoor enclosure or attatch stakes to the plexi and put the stakes in the ground? You'd still have to watch them, but they'd have to scale the plexi glass wall to escape? I may have to try that How tall is tall enough? Hmmmm...

A cheap alternative would be one of those "roll up" swimming pools, about 25 bucks, and the walls are about 30 inches tall.

I have contemplated that one myself.