Lil ******* got out

[knads06]

So i get home at 5pm and check on Slim. He's in there just chillin. I check again around 7pm and he's no where to be found. I checked his hides about five times each because i couldnt believe it. I have his rubbermaid on the top of my dresser which is about 4 1/2 feet high. First of all i have no idea how he got out of the rubbermaid, secondly i have no idea how the hell he made it down 4 1/2 feet unless he grew some wings. About a hour later the corner of my eye caught the end of his tail by the corner of my desk. I now have a boulder on the top of the rubbermaid. Hopefully his little run around my room made him hungry enough to eat on his own and i wont have to assist feed him tomorrow

[latazyo]

balls are escape artists....keeps you on your toes

[knads06]

now that he's escaped he seems to be even more interested in the top of the rubbermaid.........

[latazyo]

if you ever watch him in the middle ofthe night, all he'll do all night long is cruise along the lid looking for a way out

[knads06]

well he better grow some muscle cause i have two big rocks on the top of the rubbermaid now. If he gets out then im hangin the rubbermaid from the ceiling

[thunder]

studies have shown that snakes remember how they got out, and do it again in half the time. good thing you have those rocks.

[Nicky]

Why would you hang the rubbermaid from the ceiling? If he got out the fall could do him serious damage and could be fatel if he falls the wrong way. Glad to hear you found your snake though. I usually duck tape each side down and then just remove it when i clean the water and then put the duck tap back on.
Good luck in the future with your ball
Kayla

[latazyo]

I think he was being sarcastic there, Nicky

btw: tape + snakes= severe injury

[Artemis]

Still assist feeding?? Wow. I hope one of the mods, or you yourself, changes the subject line of your message. Describes you better than it does your snake.

big sigh-

Artemis

[Jeff_Favelle]

Do NOT use tape with ANY sort of a snake set up. Rule #1 for snakes. Always has been, always will be. Tape is bad. Did I mention that tape was bad?

Why would you hang the cage from the ceiling? Just to watch your pet snake get hurt?

[Stockwell]

You can't successfully keep snakes in rubbermaids with those plastic lids that come with them.
Toss the lid out and make a wooden frame that the tray barely slides into. You don't necessarily need an entire multi unit "rack" but a simple box for one tray would work.( sorta like a drawer)
The problem with weights is eventually you'll forget to replace them while changing the water or feeding or holding..
Years ago, back in the 70's snakes were commonly kept in waiters bus trays with solid sheets of glass for lids...Same basic problem, you stack them up so the one on the bottom doesn't get serviced,because its too much work to open it, and eventually snakes learn to push the glass over and escape...
Best to make yourself a mini rack.. weights, tape,rubber bands and flexible snap on lids are just going to let you down, and end up with another front page escaped snake story

[mykee]

As for how he got down from the dresser; gravity tends to help.

[hhw]

Those really large paper clips, that are used to clamp a large stack of papers together are really good for fastening rubbermaid lids.

[Vengeance]

I drill 8 holes in the lid of the rubbermaid and use S-Clips to hold the lid down. Takes away any give on the lid without having to make a custom lid for the cage.

[HeatherRose]

Vengeance do you have a picture of that by any chance? I have S-clips and a rubbermad, but can't really figure out how to put them on...I feel really stupid :P My ball escaped recently, and I'd like to make sure it doesn't happen again...

I'm completely 'building-things'-challenged...It took me 12 hours to build a tv-stand from IKEA and I ended up doing it upside down and backwards

As for the snake getting out...while you've found him already, my best advice is to just seal the exits and wait it out.

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