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10-16-14, 08:26 PM
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immediate help needed
Excuse any spelling mistakes, I have a snake wrapped around one hand so I'm typing with the other
I just went into my house to see my foster cat starting at something on the ground. I looked closer and there was my $130 King Snake, tail rattling, striking at the perplexed cat. The cat, thank goodness, did not kill him. She's such a good girl. She probably saved his life, I don't think I would have found him if she hadn't been watching him.
I immediately picked him up and thought "oh my god I left his enclosure open"
Went to check and it was closed. I have no idea HOW he got out, he's been living in there for almost 2 weeks and has tried his hardest to escape, to no avail. He is nowhere near big enough to push the top open.
Help! What do I do?? I'm afraid to put him back in his enclosure for fear of him getting out again
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10-16-14, 08:26 PM
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Re: immediate help needed
I cannot find any hole that he may have slipped out of. I am stumped
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10-16-14, 08:33 PM
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Re: immediate help needed
Hey Adri. I'm glad you found him, it really hurts to lose a snake. Is he in a glass tank with a secured screen top? If he got out once he'll definitely get out again if you don't find and seal his escape route. Best wishes.
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10-16-14, 08:36 PM
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Re: immediate help needed
Pics of the setup?
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10-16-14, 08:55 PM
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Re: immediate help needed
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10-16-14, 09:07 PM
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Re: immediate help needed
Probably pushed up on an edge. You need clips or weight to hold it down.
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10-16-14, 09:09 PM
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Re: immediate help needed
What's securing the lid down? I have 4 clips on all of mine.
You can stack heavy books on top to make sure things stay down if you need to, for now.
ETA: Get outta my head, miller. 
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10-16-14, 09:10 PM
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Re: immediate help needed
He's just a baby, there's no way he could lift up that heavy screen top
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10-16-14, 09:25 PM
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Re: immediate help needed
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Originally Posted by BCollie
He's just a baby, there's no way he could lift up that heavy screen top
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That is most likely how he got out. He doesn't need to lift the screen up all the way, just push it slightly to make an opening. You need clamps/locks or weights to keep it closed.
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10-16-14, 09:30 PM
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Re: immediate help needed
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Originally Posted by BCollie
He's just a baby, there's no way he could lift up that heavy screen top
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You'd be surprised. Many a keeper has lost a snake because they didn't think the snake could do that. Snakes have massive strength for their size, and it's just a matter of getting their head under something and leveraging the gap apart. I'd make sure there are absolutely no gaps between the lid and the tank. Once you've done that, I would find a way of securing the lid. Some people use clips, others use straps or bungee cords. You can also just weigh the lid down with books or scrap wood.
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10-16-14, 09:34 PM
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Re: immediate help needed
I will make sure to do that...but what if that isn't how he got out, and ends up getting out again? I'm terrified of losing him 
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10-16-14, 10:17 PM
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Re: immediate help needed
I'm thinking he got out through the top, unless there's a hole somewhere in the tank.
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10-16-14, 11:18 PM
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Re: immediate help needed
You do need to secure the lid/s, but the new screen clips don't actually have much tension on them. I'm using Oasis Tera Tie Down straps, 2 on each screen top, ordered them from Amazon. In the meantime a couple of bricks on the corners should contain your new wee Houdini.
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10-16-14, 11:57 PM
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Re: immediate help needed
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Originally Posted by EL-Ziggy
I'm thinking he got out through the top, unless there's a hole somewhere in the tank.
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I agree. Looks like he could squeeze through the slot in the middle.
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10-17-14, 12:01 AM
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Re: immediate help needed
Sharthun, he didn't get out there, I'm positive. That was a concern of mine when I saw the big gap in the middle of the screen so I set him down on it. He tried to go down into the tank through it but couldn't.
I put some books on the 4 corners of the screen, tomorrow I'm going to go buy more screen clips...I really hope that's how he got out(pushing up a corner of the screen) because if not then he's probably going to get out again and next time I probably won't have so much luck finding him.
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