WOW scary

[Reptile_Reptile]

i woke up this afternoon (lol) and look into my snakes enclosures and i see that Ghonda has dragged her hide into the water dish and totally ruined it cause its cardboard, but then when i bend down closer to look at her. pow right there in front of her tank is Maynard just chillen in a coil outside of his cage. i apparently put his lid on wrong when i was showing him to some people and he was just out, scared the crap outta me. just thought i would share

[Lankyrob]

Lol, at least he was still there, always a good idea to double check the enclkosure before leaving it. I am kinda paranoid after my escaped corn last year and find myself checking the vivs everytime i walk by just in case i forgot to lock them.

[Reptile_Reptile]

yea im going to get locks. also im going to try and build custom lids for their aquariums, i have a pretty detailed idea of what im going to do and i want to start them by spring.

[Shmoges]

Lucky you :D they say that usually you will find your escape artist within 20 feet of there tank in like the first 12 hours. To bad I the only thing I found of my first corn snake was a shed a floor down from his tank :P

[Reptile_Reptile]

yea he was like a half foot from his tank lol im glad he didnt drop off the table cause i have 3 dogs and a cat. and the cat and one of the dogs like to sleep under the table

[Shmoges]

Grats, I have heard of ppl letting there cats snoop around supervised to help find missing family lol but sounds like you dont need to.

[Reptile_Reptile]

not this time thank god, im just glad he stayed on the table he must have been there for half the day all night then another half of a day before i found him without even knowing he was gone.

[frost]

yea im going to get locks. also im going to try and build custom lids for their aquariums, i have a pretty detailed idea of what im going to do and i want to start them by spring.

good thing he didn't escape... can you show me pics of your custom lids once they are done... i am using aquariums as well.

[NennaMeerkat]

I get special aquariums that have snap down lids that require you to put them under a latch to close the lid. It is nice but it makes the aquarium cost more because it is supposed to be specialized for reptiles only...anything to get a few extra bucks I guess.

[Reptile_Reptile]

good thing he didn't escape... can you show me pics of your custom lids once they are done... i am using aquariums as well.
sure will, all i need to do now is get a drill and some wood

[CanadianEryx]

I actually have my snake in an aquarium without any lip at all. I've put a metal screened lid on top with a weight, but I'm thinking she'll need a stronger lock system soon. I'm wondering if using tie-down straps will work--any suggestions?

[Aaron_S]

I got a great suggestion! Use reptile related enclosures! Something like a PVC enclosure. Where you don't need weights to keep the snake in!

[CanadianEryx]

Thanks, Aaron--it's definitely a thought. I like my aquarium, however, since if has rounded corners and I can see what's going on no matter what angle I'm sitting at. Any other suggestions?

[Reptile_Reptile]

some people just have to work with what they got. im building custom lids so they are more effective. with locks and such so it wont be an issue anymore

[Jenn_06]

lucky he was waiting for you...
i have to put 2 1gl water jugs on top of my yellow rats tub, and one night i forgot, my little boy had to use the bathroom at around 2am he came running in my room talking about a snake in the bathtub i got up and yep there is my yellow rat snake wanting to take a bath lol. now i always make sure the jugs are on his tub.