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Friday nights out

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Ophion

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I thought I would share my little escape story (or collection of). I thought I was pretty lucky with escapes, with only two snakes in the house at the moment it isn't too much to keep track of. I learned my lesson after moving my corn, Ophion into his bigger tank.

I am about to get two more snakes and he was starting to get a bit big for his 10 gallon so it was time for graduation. I also figured the sliding locking top might be better than the small 10 gallon top.

The first Friday he's gone - this triggered panic and hours of searching. He was found under the tank - such an explorer.

Next Friday he is out again - more panic and searching. (of course first place to look is under the tank) This time he was in a hunting mood and was stashed in a backpack of ammo.

Third Friday, yes you see the pattern. I thought I was going insane and that there was no way I was going to find him a third time. Had some luck, he was in my nightstand.

I removed his only remote possibility of escaping (which I still don't know how he escaped exactly unless he is closing the top behind him), but he has yet to escape again. I am more curious to know where he was going every Friday... :D
 
theyre always the last place you think to look too =p. nah but i know the panic, and comedic relief of finding them stashed away safe and sound, with a look on their face like "excuse me, i was sleeping, what do you want??"

so i went to bed one sunday night, and got up monday morning and checked on my snakes first thing when i woke up like i usually do. lars was sleeping sluggishly in his favorite hide, his tank temp was good, etc. so i proceeded to check on the baby...i checked her hides, no baby, i rechecked the hides, no baby,. so i began to frantically but gently sift through the substrate in the babys tub, and no baby! i shrieked at my boyfriend "shes gone, shes gone!". so for he next 6-8 hours we pulled my bfs room apart piece by piece, and im talking ripping up carpet, and looking anywhere and everywhere a tiny hatchling could fit, we looked. after 8 hours and the sun beginning to go down, and after many tears had been shed by me, we began to put the room back together carefully and slowly, still looking but without much hope left. while putting some stuff away, my bf glances on top of lars' (my other corns') tank, which is about 2 ft higher than her tub was, and who do you know is chilling on top of there without a care in the world.....HER. i was so elated i cried some more. haha. then you have to laugh, because, what else can you do?
 
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