Escape Stories

[LRRoberts0122]

So recently, I got a new corn snake. She's a yearling, but she's only the size of a baby, just a bit longer.

Anyhow, I wasn't prepared for her to be so small, and didn't know how to handle her properly, and she got away from me.

Luckily, she made it easy for me and ran into the corner, where I was able to scoop her up and put her in her terrarium.

So I was just wondering if you guys had any interesting escape artist stories, or any stories where the little buggers might have gotten lost for a few days! :) Just some friendly discussion.

~ Liz

[EL Ziggy]

Years ago I had a ball python that escaped his enclosure and was gone for 3 months. My brother and I looked everywhere for him. One night we came in late after a night of partying and the snake was lying in the middle of the bathroom floor. To this day we have no idea where he could have gone.

[SnoopySnake]

One night we came in late after a night of partying and the snake was lying in the middle of the bathroom floor.

I don't know why I found this so funny, ahaha.

Probably a good 7 or 8 years ago, we had some garter snakes in my brothers room, one of them managed to escape and about a month or so later while I was in my room changing, the snake slithered out from under my dresser.

More recently, within the last 6-8 months, I was doing some cage maintenance in my Rainbow Boa enclosure. I left the lid open while I was cleaning the water dish because it was daytime and they hadn't been out exploring, but once I came back in my room I found one of them sitting on some spare branches I had leaned up against the tank, lol. Haven't made that mistake since and haven't had an escape again.

[EL Ziggy]

Adrian- is that Flint, MI for your location?

[Georgia]

Years ago i had a 4 ft Cottonmouth escape out of his cage... a buddy came over to feed him and forgot to put the lock back on the cage. I came home and went to use the restroom a week later and the snake was in my toilet looking up at me.

Imagine sitting down on that!

[Georgia]

Could have been a very bad day...

[SnoopySnake]

Adrian- is that Flint, MI for your location?

Sure is :p Why do you ask?

Years ago i had a 4 ft Cottonmouth escape out of his cage... a buddy came over to feed him and forgot to put the lock back on the cage. I came home and went to use the restroom a week later and the snake was in my toilet looking up at me.
Wow, it's a good thing that didn't end worse for you!

[NewSAHSnakeMom]

OK a snake in the toilet is to this day still a nightmare to me. If my Blaze shows up in my toilet I will freak out!

[Jim Smith]

Georgia,

Yipes!!! That could have been a real pain in the butt.

[EL Ziggy]

[QUOTE=SnoopySnake;931783]Sure is :p Why do you ask?

Haha, you're a Flintstone :). I'm originally from the D and went to school at Eastern Michigan.

[SnoopySnake]

[QUOTE=SnoopySnake;931783]Sure is :p Why do you ask?

Haha, you're a Flintstone :). I'm originally from the D and went to school at Eastern Michigan.

Haha, small world. I've been here my whole life and believe me, I can't wait to get out!

[LRRoberts0122]

That's kind of interesting that your snake was gone for that long! They're amazing!

Luckily, my snake can't get out of the cage I have her in. Good thing, as I have a cat and a dog! It's chances in the house without supervision are slim!

And wow, about the cotton mouth. I woulda' said. "Nope!" And hired someone to go in and fetch it for me! x) I admire you for keeping such a dangerous creature, but that really isn't my cup of tea. Haha.

I'm glad my little escapee's freedom riot only lasted 2 minutes.

[Kera]

Bindi almost got completely lost, I saw her slithering out of her tank and onto a bundle of wires that to her, was a jungle gym lol. Got a few tags from that feisty one. My ex lost his BRB for 7 weeks, I found her in the basement. She was kept on the third floor! She tagged me a couple times too lol. And at the time he owned a dog and a cat as well.

[sweatshirt]

The morning after I got Magenta, my dad woke me up at 6am yelling about how she got out and was hanging around on the book shelf. Turns out I didn't latch the top properly before I went to bed. Haha.

[Moreau]

I had a baby lesser ball python in quarantine in my storage room as she had a few mites when I got her. She was in a Rubbermaid bin and managed to pop the lid. I went in to check on her and she was gone. This storage room was FULL of stuff. I eventually found her in a box of kitchen gadgets!
One of my carpets slipped out of a bin and I found it when it was making noise on top of some cages. Then when I was on holidays my coastal carpet managed to open its cage, turned the latch because the key was in it, and my sister heard some noise downstairs and came down to find it knocking things off shelves. Now I don't leave the keys in the latches!!

[LRRoberts0122]

These are kinda funny stories. I love how mischievous they can be. And Kera, yikes to the BRB ~ I've got a dog and a cat, along with my corn snake, but I'm more worried about the snake. Still, either one of those animals could have been in danger, and that's never good. Glad everything turned out alright! :)

[Jim Smith]

I've had one of my Hondurans escape and spend 9 days on the lamb before I found her not 6 feet from her enclosure. I had torn the room apart, but I guess she's better at hiding than I am at finding. When I was a kid, I brought a four foot water snake to school for show-and-tell day. I brought it in a brown paper grocery bag with the top curled over and wadded up. When it was my turn for show-and-tell, the bag was empty. I hadn't told anyone what I brought in and when I explained it to the teacher, she freaked out. She was terrified of snakes. I looked everywhere, but I couldn't find it. Then four days later, the teacher when into the small closet where she kept art supplies and reached up to the top shelf to pull down some construction paper. As luck would have it, the snake was sitting on the paper and dropped down onto her face and shoulders. She screamed like a crazy woman and came bolting out of the closet. I quickly figured out what had happen and recaptured the snake and put it in a box they had set aside. It took quite a while for the teacher to settle down and I had yet another trip to the principal's office. They made a new ruling for the school, no live animals for show-and-tell.

[EL Ziggy]

Nice one Jim! Btw, when do we get to see more pics of that pearl brother? :)

[LRRoberts0122]

Haha! If I ever lived with someone who was afraid of snakes and my girl got loose, when I do find her, I'll put her back, but I'll wait and tell said person that I didn't find it yet, have no idea where it is, but I'm sure it's in the house somewhere, and let chaos ensue. :)

[carpets4life]

I had a big crb female escape once. I had given up, but then I went to grab an xbox controller and received two painful bites.

[Pareeeee]

My Rosy Boa got out once and ended up in my closet on top of my suitcase.

[Tsubaki]

I haven't had any regular escapes, not in my old house or on this house. However,... When i lived with my parents, i had all kinds tricks to make sure i could Never forget to lock an enclosure. Did not want any cats eaten, and snake keeping is pretty controversial hobby here.. Any escape would not be beneficial to the hobby. So i added pin key-chain alarms to the locks, if the pin was out if would beep until you put it back in so i couldn't forget to lock. Worked really well but did not prepare me for the following.

I had 1 wooden enclosure, just for show in my bedroom. I kept my beautiful 4 foot purple albino tiger male in it. One night i heard a load creaking noise.. i thought he knocked over a branch like he did often. The next morning i wake up to see the top of the enclosure broken, the entire ventilation strip pushed out! Snake nowhere to be seen. My door was closed, and there was no way to get out of the room. I searched for him but couldn't find him, i suspected he had hidden inside the bed which i could not get to. So i kept the door closed at all times, 2 days later i wake up because i hear a funny sound.. and i look up to see him hanging from my ceiling lamp :eek:

[EL Ziggy]

i haven't had any regular escapes, not in my old house or on this house. However,... When i lived with my parents, i had all kinds tricks to make sure i could never forget to lock an enclosure. Did not want any cats eaten, and snake keeping is pretty controversial hobby here.. Any escape would not be beneficial to the hobby. So i added pin key-chain alarms to the locks, if the pin was out if would beep until you put it back in so i couldn't forget to lock. Worked really well but did not prepare me for the following.

I had 1 wooden enclosure, just for show in my bedroom. I kept my beautiful 4 foot purple albino tiger male in it. One night i heard a load creaking noise.. I thought he knocked over a branch like he did often. The next morning i wake up to see the top of the enclosure broken, the entire ventilation strip pushed out! Snake nowhere to be seen. My door was closed, and there was no way to get out of the room. I searched for him but couldn't find him, i suspected he had hidden inside the bed which i could not get to. So i kept the door closed at all times, 2 days later i wake up because i hear a funny sound.. And i look up to see him hanging from my ceiling lamp :eek:

^^ nice ^^

[Teal]

Lol I was just coming to the General to post my escape story and found this thread! So i guess I can share ALL mine!

Back when I was a youngster and still living with my folks, I watched a ball python for a friend of mine while she went on vacation. I don't recall now how it happened, but the snake got loose. I searched and searched in a panic, knowing my mum would be SO mad at me lol But I couldn't find the snake. That night during supper, there came a loud crash from my folks' bathroom (inside their master bedroom). We rushed in there to find the snake on a top glass shelf, knocking off vases and empty perfume bottles. My mum couldn't decide whether to be happy the snake was found or mad about the mess!

Another time, something came up while I was feeding my 4" P. chordatus female tarantula ad I forgot to latch her enclosure. I woke up to screaming in the middle of the night... my mum had gotten up to use the restroom, only to find a large black spider in a threat display right in front of the toilet! I'm lucky she was tolerant and didn't kill my favourite tarantula LOL

And the story I came to tell! -

Cortez LOVES to come out and get exercise, but this past week was crazy and I wasn't able to get him out... which he hasn't been pleased about! He has tried to crawl onto me every time I've misted him or spot cleaned his tank. Tonight, I went into the reptile room to find Cortez's acrylic sliding doors torn down! I sent the boyfriend for a flashlight and started looking in lit areas for him... I found him several feet away, curled up behind the anaconda enclosure. My silly boy just wanted to take a walk lol I was so relieved to find him so quickly!