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Adventures with wayward snakes...

Floof

Floof

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It's been an interesting couple of days with the big snakes. (Apologies for the crappy cell pics, these guys didn't give me much notice before their shenanigans. Lol)

Yesterday evening, I heard the stomach-turning POP of a binder clip coming loose. Sure enough, I hurried in to find this...
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Apparently, I didn't have enough binder clips installed to withstand 7 feet of hungry rat snake!

Then, this afternoon, I decided to get Atlas the BCI out for a handling session. He's around 4 ft now, and today he decided he was bored of the usual couch potato snake routine. I turned away for a minute to type something, and when I turned back he was GONE! Panic ensued. Until I noticed movement from the floor lamp.

Don't mind me. I'm, uh. Changing the lightbulb...
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Attempts to remove him from the lamp ensued. NO, I'LL NEVER GO. I LIKE IT HERE!
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Ooo, lookie at this pretty clock! It looks fragile. You can have your silly lamp back!
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Hmm, where else can I wreak havoc?
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Well hello... (My reaction about now: NO. STAHP. COME BACK!!!)
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GASP. Even higher things to climb on! TRY AND REACH ME NOW! BAHAHA.
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Check it out, I found a perfect perch just for meeee!
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He is one smug little brat. After being separated from his smoke detector, he was dead set on going another great adventure. So I hauled him outside to relax somewhere with fewer... ah.... temptations.
Who, me? Cause trouble? Don't be silly. (Now look away for a sec, that porch roof is calling my name...)
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Oh those zaney big snakes. Isis is a handful when I get her out, she's never been one much for the couch potato routine. Glad you safely got the two of them back in line though.
 
What kind of rat snake is that?
I have been considering getting a pair of rat snakes, but I want big ones!
 
Oh! Forgot all about this thread, haha. The rat snake in the first pic is a Cave Dwelling rat snake, aka Ridley's Beauty Snake. (Scientific name Orthriophis taeniurus ridleyi.)
Ali, the Beauty snakes are fantastic! And they do qualify as big... This guy is 7 feet, though it's a very slender 7 feet! I also have a Taiwan beauty (O.t.friesi). She's a little gal yet at 4-ish ft, but she has the potential to reach 9 ft as an adult.

Nanci, fortunately Atlas doesn't go on too many crazy adventures like this--but I'll make an effort to post more photos of him! :D
 
Oh god - I started cracking up with the pic of him disappearing round the door frame - but then seeing that there's a smoke detector on the other side.... I'm just glad the office was empty :roflmao:
 
Here's a few better photos of both the big boys...

Starting with the ridleyi. He's surprisingly handleable for his species--even almost "docile." These were taken back in spring. I really need to get new outdoor pics.
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This pic of Atlas was taken a year and a half ago. He's gotten SO much darker as he's grown--I kind of miss that pretty orange tail.
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More recent--taken in early December. He's sooo much darker, but still gorgeous! (Though I may be biased...)
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Buzzbee said:
Oh god - I started cracking up with the pic of him disappearing round the door frame - but then seeing that there's a smoke detector on the other side.... I'm just glad the office was empty :roflmao:
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Lol! Oh my, I can only imagine the ass chewing I would get if my aunt, who rents the other spare bedroom, found out about this! She's terribly phobic of snakes (still a mystery to me why she moved in). So something tells me she would not be impressed if she found out I had a boa hanging out on the hallway ceiling! Fortunately she's been out of state for the last 2 weeks. :p (I have 5 more days of having the snakes out as much as I want!!!)

On the other hand, had my dad been in town, he would have been right there with me laughing and snapping pics. It's nice having one housemate who appreciates ophidian shenanigans!! Especially considering he's also my landlord, lol!
 
Hmmm, hopefully she won't find the pics then ;) They are gorgeous snakes - definitely need as much showing off time as possible ;D My dad has yet to meet my snake, the parents live too far away, but my mum was down for the holidays and peered into the tank (he'd eaten the day before) - she then proceeded to describe him to my dad as orange and beige :O
 
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