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Got To Be Some Kind Of Record

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bill38112

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I was awakened from a mid-afternoon nap on the family room sofa by my 20 year old daughter screaming, "Dad,one of your damn snakes is out!" I jumped up off the sofa expecting to find my male striped snow, Prince Charming (the female is Snow White...Indulge me.I'm old), out once again. after all he's escaped twice in the last two days.

Much to my surprise, I found a tiny albino California king, curled up on the hearth. It was PePE (Purple People Eater), the snappiest, muskiest, tail rattling-est, poo slinging snake this side of the Mississippi. He has been missing since October 21, 2006...nearly five months. He doesn't appear to have grown at all. He's about 15-18 grams and about 15 inches long. He's almost nine months old.

How he survived all this time is amazing...Just a testament to the instincts these tiny creatures have. In any event, he wasn't the least bit appreciative of being found. He immediately assumed striking position and rattled his tail furiously. As soon as I picked him up he musked me. I'm sure he would have smeared me with poo if he had eaten recently.

He is currently trying furiously to escape the sterlite shoe box he's quarantined in. I'll try to feed him a small pinky later tonight. I don't know if this is a record for recovering a lost snake, but I feel like I just did a remake of "Lassie Come Home".
 
LOL What a fun story! By the sounds of it you really need to tighten up on security ;)

Hope he eats for you tonight! :cheers:
 
Tula_Montage said:
By the sounds of it you really need to tighten up on security ;)
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For sure, my wife and daughter are ready to kill me. It wouldn't be so bad if I hadn't laughed so hard at my 5'10" daughter hopping around screaming at the sight of this pitifully small snake. Poor PePE, he so small, the other snakes laugh at him, but he sure scared hell out of my daughter.
 
LMAO... What do you use for housing? And how does prince charming keep searching for his beloved snow white?!
 
Tula_Montage said:
LMAO... What do you use for housing? And how does prince charming keep searching for his beloved snow white?!
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I have one of my snakes in a 20 gal long critter keeper, with the sliding,self-locking top. Love that one. PePE is in a sterlite show box with a snaplock top with a book sitting on top. My seven other snakes are all in 10 gal aquariums that I bought at WALMART FOR $8.99 each. They are all topped with a 10 gal plastic and screen topper (also purchased at WALMART for $6.99 each) The topper has four sliding laces that are designed t0 fit inside the upper rim of the aquaria.

Problem is some of my snakes like to hang from the latches. Once the latch is moved that corner of the lid can be raised. It's amazing how strong the little guys are. Most of the time the latches hold, but the persistent snake can certainly shake the latches loose. Even though escapes have been infrequent,I'm going to have to tighten those latches and be sure to counter weight the tops.
 
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