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Feeding Tub Escape!

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Roy Munson

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Tonight was supposed to be an easy snake-chores night; I had few to feed. But my mystery lav bit me, and then my female Kisatchie jumped out of her feeding tub, and went behind the stove. I posted a thread long ago of my Cali king doing the same thing, so you may wonder how I could be so stupid twice. I don't have a good explanation. But she's much bigger than he was when he made that move, so after some kitchen re-arrangement, I was able to recapture her quickly. She certainly was pissed. She bit me a bunch of times (first time for that), and after I had her back in hand, she musked the heck out of me. It was my first intro to Kisatchie musk. It's not that bad! I like a few types of snake musk, and Kisatchie may be my second favorite to Bairdi! :grin01:
 

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Roy Munson said:
She certainly was pissed. She bit me a bunch of times (first time for that), and after I had her back in hand, she musked the heck out of me.
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What is it about hittin' the ground and runnin' that does this?! Do they actually know freedom was in their grasp, if only for that brief moment, or does it flip an instinctual switch? Or something else? I've had that reaction from snakes, mostly Lavenders as I recall, that I've just set down on the ground to watch for a second or two.

D80

PS. I bet you thought I was going to give you grief about the stove?!?! ;)
 
Drizzt80 said:
What is it about hittin' the ground and runnin' that does this?! Do they actually know freedom was in their grasp, if only for that brief moment, or does it flip an instinctual switch? Or something else? I've had that reaction from snakes, mostly Lavenders as I recall, that I've just set down on the ground to watch for a second or two.
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I think you're onto something. I'm not into anthroporphising enough to think that they wait for their big break and then take it. My guess is that they'd be nervous in any strange environment. The tub, with the giant reaching in now and then, becomes routine. The behind-the-stove locale may have been too novel to comfortably react to the five-headed predator lunging at her...

PS. I bet you thought I was going to give you grief about the stove?!?! ;)
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:roflmao: You'd win that bet! I even braced myself for it. :grin01:
 
Actually, I have yet to have this happen with any of my snakes. *knock on wood*. I mean I set them down on the floor in the tub next to me, i get this huge stare up afterwards begging for food. lol Like they are ready for seconds.
 
Nanci said:
Didn't you have a near miss with the stove, too, but the guard dog alerted you?
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And who the hell are you-- Captain Memory? :mad: :grin01:

But seriously-- yeah, Nanci. I'm your stereotypical bachelor, and food-prep is the last thing that would go on in MY kitchen. It's just another snake-care area. My hypo-Matrix was half out of a feeding tub when my dog alerted me to the situation (I was "asleep")...
 
Roy Munson said:
And who the hell are you-- Captain Memory? :mad: :grin01:

But seriously-- yeah, Nanci. I'm your stereotypical bachelor, and food-prep is the last thing that would go on in MY kitchen. It's just another snake-care area. My hypo-Matrix was half out of a feeding tub when my dog alerted me to the situation (I was "asleep")...
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Holy crap. Well I'm glad you didn't lose THAT snake!
 
hehehe...Roy likes playing hide and seek with his snakes :0) lol...

In all honesty..I'm glad ya got her before she found a crack to crawl through :0)
 
I remember the stove incident... didn't you sit on a chair in front of it waiting for the head to peek out???? :D Think you need to fix that for the next time... :rofl::rofl::rofl: :sidestep:
 
Good job you don't use that stove for cooking! Glad you recaptured the escapee so quickly. (You did remember to take the stat alcohol cure for snakebites?)
 
Dean, you really need to invest in a lid for that feeding tub. Having your snakes jumping out and making a run for it is becoming a habit. But then again, as I recall, you have a little problem with lids too, so I guess you're sort of stuck between a rock and a hard place! :grin01: ;)
 
Susan said:
Dean, you really need to invest in a lid for that feeding tub. Having your snakes jumping out and making a run for it is becoming a habit. But then again, as I recall, you have a little problem with lids too, so I guess you're sort of stuck between a rock and a hard place! :grin01: ;)
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:laugh: Well, that's the LAST time this is going to happen... :rolleyes:
 
I can picture the conversation that led up to this.

Lavender: "Hey Kisatchie! Tell the big monster guy you're hungry. While you're pretending to eat, I'll bite him to distract him, then you jump out of the tub and jump into the oven and hide."

15 minutes later..............

Lavender: "What the heck are you doing here, didn't you do what I told you?"

Kisatchie: "I did! I jumped out while he wasn't looking and hid behind the oven."

Lavender: "Noooo, not behind it, he knows to look there. I said jump into the oven, he's never had a reason to look inside for anything before!":grin01:
 
Well, that's the LAST time this is going to happen...
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Dean, You finally found a use for that oven NOW haven't you... Your gonna use it to feed your snakes in? :uhoh: huh :idea:
 
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