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Mamma
Hatchling
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 01/10/2011 : 12:37:07
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Well I was rudley awoken by hubby last night at 1.45am. He was not impressed. I wondered what on earth he had woken me up for. He told me Miki (one of our cats) had heard/saw something down his side of the bed. And then he apparently heard some rustling noise.
Now hubbys side of the bed is a typical male bombsite. So he couldnt see what it was.
He checked my newts (one of them had escaped one day as Elvis (our big fat cat) had managed to bump the lid slightly...enough for it to squeeze through)...but they were still there.
So after waking me up with a couple of slaps on the duvet, he told me to check on Jupiter.
I looked into his viv and my heart filled with panic. I checked under both his hides and under the water bowl. Nothing there. Then I noticed it. The wee poop head had managed to nudge/push the back vent out!!  So before hunting for him in the bedroom I popped the vent back in. I tried to push it out myself but it was very hard to do so (I have arthritis probs etc so have a poor grip etc anyway so this could be why I found it hard). Hubby secured the vent in and checked it cant be nudged back out. Then the hunt began...
I had to clear most of the **** from hubby's side of the bed, but no luck there. Then I spotted him behind his bedside table. That was moved, but in the process he slinked off. Couldnt see him. Thats when we decided to check the bed. By this time hubby was very very unimpressed (hes not a snake fan but puts up with them cos it makes me happy).
Now our bed is HUGE. The base of it was....umm.. aquired ..by my dad from the hotel he works in (honeymoon suite) so you can imagine how big it is. All our friends who have seen it joke that it could fit the waltons in it  . hubby had to move the MASSIVE matress off the bed and unclasp the bit that seperates the 2 halves of the base (yes it is really that big!!) and lift it up at an angle. I looked under and thats when I saw him. I reached in and clasped my hand around him to bring him out. My lord he musked me and he musked me good! My hand was COVERED in smelly sticky water stuff, and he didnt stop at doing it once. He musked me several times before I got him back into his viv.
Needless to say, this morning when the kids got up at an ungodly hour, hubby refused to get up (it was my lie in day) reminding me that he was up at stupid o'clock in the morning looking for one of my snakes.
Hubby has sinced checked all of the vents on my other vivs and they are fine.
The moral of the story? Escapees can happen to any keeper. Please check that all of your vents are secured and cannotbe nose nudged out! |
1.0.0 goins kingsnake
0.1.0 hogg island boa
1.0.0 el salvador boa
0.1.0 bearded dragon
0.1.0 leopard gecko
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thelastknightofmalta
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01/10/2011 : 13:51:18
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congrats on getting jupiter safeley back in his viv thank god the cat woke up your hubby and you dont have an snake MIA always check my viv even though i have a glass tank with metal lid ive watched la vallette climb up the glass and perch over the thermometer to then get himself to the lid of his viv so i know what you mean not just kings are escape artist lol but congrats mamma
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deadmansfinger
Moderator
United Kingdom
597 Posts |
Posted - 01/10/2011 : 17:08:14
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| Glad you got him back quickly and unharmed. My wife tolerates the snakes but like your hubby wouldn't be impressed if any of them escaped. |
1.0 Milksnake
3.3 Kingsnakes
1.1 Royal Python
1.2 Cornsnakes
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Gmac
TKS Grumpy Scots Admin
United Kingdom
754 Posts |
Posted - 01/10/2011 : 17:47:13
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| nice on getting him back so quick ;) |
9.6 Corns, 1.0 Bci, 2.1 Royals, 1.1 king snakes, 0.0.1 milksnake, 1.1 black rat snakes, 1.2 Beardies, 1.0 shovelface
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Figs
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
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Posted - 10/10/2011 : 10:42:08
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Phew!
Glad you found him safe and sound!! |
2.4 corns, 1.4 cali kings, 1.1 brooks kings, 0.1 bull snake, 0.1 taiwanese beauty, 1.0 VBB, 1.1 cape house snakes,
1.0 royal python, 2.0 BCI, 1.1 kenyan sand boas, 1.0 mexican rosy boa, 1.1 mid-baja rosy boas, 1.1 desert rosy boas
2.6 leopard geckos, 0.1 gargoyle gecko, 1.1 crested geckos, 1.0 bosc monitor, 0.0.1 pink-tongued skink,
1.0 terrier mix dog, 3.3 gerbils, 3.4 rats, 1.2 pygmy hedgehogs, 0.0.3 shubunkins, 0.0.2 GALS |
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