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| Mancunian |
Posted - 09/11/2008 : 14:59:39
Last night I spring cleaned my Cali Kings viv, gave him a new bark hide and left him to it.
This afternoon I hear shouting from downstairs...
"One of your snakes is on the loose down here"!!!
I roll my eyes and saunter downstairs, not believing a word of it. Escape is impossible.
To my horror I find Jose on the laundry room floor heading straight for the cat flap!!!  How the hell did he get out, downstairs and out to the back door? He is only a foot long and as wide as a pencil!
He was cold, wet and very lively!
I found a tiny corner of the glass viv lid was elevated...he could never lift it, so I could not have put in on securely last night.
So this is a lesson to me- always check the lid is on properly. 
I count myself very lucky to have found him before I knew I had even lost him! 
We were wondering if he may have got transported downstairs in a basket of laundry? Just hope he never had a full cycle at 40 degrees also! |
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| Kazerella |
Posted - 22/02/2009 : 18:38:24
We think Jally survived so long on spiders. She's see through so we knew she'd been eating something black whilst on walkabout  |
| Grumpy |
Posted - 22/02/2009 : 10:18:36
We lost a similar age female corn one January a few years back, pushed the vent out (shop bought viv). Assumed the worse, turned up months later living under the dog's bed, drinking dog's water we think living on spiders. Don't give up yet!
Ian |
| jono2411 |
Posted - 21/02/2009 : 16:44:50
i found that out when i had my first corn snake when i was 10.. but dont give up, my sister found mine a few months later and tried to get him warm but as she was so young she didnt really know what she was doing and ended up killing him.... but the moral of the story is that it might be ok... |
| Mancunian |
Posted - 21/02/2009 : 16:36:02
Sadly Jose never made a re-appearence and so I have to assume he has well and truly escaped. Lesson learnt: nver use a glass aquarium with push off lids for snakes! It's locked glass fronted wood vivs or RUBs for mine from now on.
Regretably with the cold weather I would assume he has passed away.
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| Kazerella |
Posted - 05/12/2008 : 15:53:19
Sorry for you loss Mancunian. If it's any consolation, bad luck runs in 3s, so at least you should be due some good luck soon. You might find Jose in time for Chrimbo |
| matty18714 |
Posted - 04/12/2008 : 18:20:52
Im sorry to hear that guys.
I lost 2 kittens a year ago in close succesion due to vehicle accidents. |
| magneticblue |
Posted - 04/12/2008 : 18:12:15
Thats horrible news.
I've been there myself. One of my cats thought it would be a good idea to sit on the rear axle of the car to hide from us when we tried to find her. We loaded the boot for a day out not knowing she was there, drove 3 miles without anything happening and then we felt a thump under one of the rear wheels. Saw a cat in the middle of the raod in my rear view mirror so we turned around and saw it was our cat. Rushed her to the vets but after a couple of days it was clear she wasn't going to recover properly. Vet said she would need to have her tail and ear amputated and reconstructive surgery to her hip and even then we would have to hope and pray she recovered her bladder function so it was best to let her go.
You've done the right thing |
| saddleninja |
Posted - 02/12/2008 : 21:40:59
sorry to hear that |
| Gingerpony |
Posted - 02/12/2008 : 20:09:07
oh hun *hugs* things will pick up
my last cat was put to sleep as he was very ill with FIP which is incurable, i held him while the vet did the deed and the last thing he did was bite me  it's a horrible decision to make but you did it for the right reasons, renal failure is....... well......... there's not a lot you can do, it was definitely the right decision to make
and remember the Jap rat i had was on the loose for a year before turning up unscathed (if a little wild!) |
| Mancunian |
Posted - 02/12/2008 : 12:01:52
Two weeks on and still no sign of Jose
The cat will not be an issue now either as she took a turn for the worse with her kidney failure last week and I had to let her be put to sleep, which was the worst thing I have ever had to do in my life.
So I am not having much luck with my pets this year, Frisco the Cali King died from an intestinal tumour, Bracken the cat died from kidney failure and Jose has probably frozen to death in some crevice somewhere in the house  |
| Kazerella |
Posted - 18/11/2008 : 17:47:22
Cats are evil GP! Everyone knows that  |
| Gingerpony |
Posted - 16/11/2008 : 19:59:50
awww, i really hope he turns up soon *crosses fingers*
having cats around is a worry but one of them actually alerted me to Birch's escape before i even realised she was missing - i thought he's brought a mouse in as he was playing with something, after a while i felt i should really check if it was alive and try to recue it if it was and it turned out to be my adult female cornsnake! |
| Kazerella |
Posted - 14/11/2008 : 18:45:00
We thought that about Jally, because she was the same age and it was like searching for a loose piece of string. She was tiny!!!!
After about a month we gave up hope, but another month later she turned up. I'm sure if she had not been in the washer she would've be absolutely fine. In fact, we only treated her with caution because of the shock of the washer, if we had just found her normally, we would've fed her and handled her again straight away.
Don't give up hope! |
| Mancunian |
Posted - 14/11/2008 : 18:39:46
Well I am embarressed to say it but he has escaped again and this time I have not found him 
I have no idea how he got out this time as I even put heavy books on top of the lid so there is no way he could push the lid up. The only thing he could have done is squeezed through the lip of the lid and the glass tank. I have heard of small snakes getting out of RUBS this way and can't see how else he could do it. Grrrrrr.
I have kept 2 other snakes in that viv with no problems, but he was the smallest. Yesterday he was standing himself upright aiming for the lid but I checked it was on correctly and well weighted down.
Just hope he turns up soon before the cat finds him. He could be anywhere in the house and I think it is futile pulling everything apart to look as he is so tiny it is a real needle in the haystack scenario. I shall lay out some pinkie traps and hope for the best. At 4-5 moths old I doubt he will manage long without food. Poor Jose. I don't seem to have any luck with my Cali Kings. |
| Kazerella |
Posted - 11/11/2008 : 17:46:00
I think he did hitch a lift in the laundry basket- they love it in there. Think that's how Jally ended up in the washer
Glad you found him so quick |
