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How Snakes Escape:

Nanci

Nanci

Alien Lover
So I get Addy out for feeding. After her three pinks, I put her back into her viv and she slithers into her favorite hide. I thought I would change her water, so I took it out and refilled it and put it back. A few minutes later, I walk past her viv and THE COVER IS OFF!!!!!! Completely off! What did I do? I lifted up her hide, and she wasn't there, so I started digging, and turned her up pretty quickly. If she'd have been out, she'd have been gone in a second- she's always climbing up around the top. She stayed out the rest of the evening in hopes of a repeat, but she was disappointed.

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Nanci
 
whew!

That's great Nanc' considering how you rescued her from the cold weather & all, I know you'd be devastated if she'd come up missing, great to hear you got her right away though...
 
I think she'd have been pretty easy to find considering how she does that extreme hissing if she sees me or feels any movement near her. Not the most effective for hiding purposes.

Nanci
 
Here, she looks prettier and more girly in this picture! I love photographing her.

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Nanci
 
Aww....she's a cutie! Glad she didn't get out on you...

Similar story--I was doing the same thing with Soliel--changing her water, spot cleaning, rearranging, etc, and somehow must have gotten distracted because I went back in to my room about a half hour later and the tank was wide open, lid sitting on the floor. But I lifted her favorite hide, and there she was...curled up and comfortable, totally unaware that her chance to escape had come and gone.
 
I did the same thing but it was about 6 hours before I noticed I left the lid open, thankfully it was feeding day and I had a nice fat snake more interested in digesting then escaping.
 
The times I found out I had left a sliding door open, most had left the building.. some had been open for hours, some only very short. Not that I make a habit of it of course, the events can still be counted on 2 hands :rolleyes: But I did get trained at finding them easily, knowing which places snakes like better and better...
 
Accident Analysis:

Normally I do my spot cleaning and water bowl washing/filling while the snake is out being fed. Every time I put a snake back, I am careful to check for a locked lid- but this time there was no snake to put back, so no check.

Nanci
 

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*cries* I wish I would have found my snow corn snake *cries even more* I miss him sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
 
Funny...

Nanci said:
So I get Addy out for feeding. After her three pinks, I put her back into her viv and she slithers into her favorite hide. I thought I would change her water, so I took it out and refilled it and put it back. A few minutes later, I walk past her viv and THE COVER IS OFF!!!!!! Completely off! What did I do? I lifted up her hide, and she wasn't there, so I started digging, and turned her up pretty quickly. If she'd have been out, she'd have been gone in a second- she's always climbing up around the top. She stayed out the rest of the evening in hopes of a repeat, but she was disappointed.

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Nanci
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The pic of her face kinda looks like she is a little miffed she didn't realize her top was off.
 
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