escape . . . . . . .

ballpythonmorph · 02-05-05, 07:09 PM

hi i came home from the store to notice my ball python 3/4 out of his sterilite container

but i got him out and put him back in and duc taped it even more good thing i came home when i did or else i would have a lost ball python

good thing i got him tho

munchy · 02-05-05, 07:32 PM

man any kind of tape is horrible to have anywhere on your enclosure.

i found out the hard way a long time ago...

ballpythonmorph · 02-05-05, 07:45 PM

what happend? and then how should i make sure the enclousure stays shut!!!!! lol

Slannesh · 02-05-05, 10:20 PM

S-hooks

one in each corner and one on each long side should be fine unless you have a very large sterilite.

Tape + Snakes = Disaster waiting to happen.

Trust me, you don't wanna have to deal with a snake getting all caught up in tape it's not pretty, and if you don't catch them right away quite possibly fatal for your snake.

munchy · 02-05-05, 10:27 PM

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Originally posted by ballpythonmorph
what happend? and then how should i make sure the enclousure stays shut!!!!! lol

i had some masking tape in a kingsnake enclosure on a hide and part of it somehow came loose and of course my snake ended up stuck to it. luckily i noticed almost immediately, but he got himself a little bit wrapped up in it. came off rather easily with some vegetable oil and lost a couple scales. could have been alot worse but never should have happened.
s hooks are the best option but bricks or liquor bottles with water in them will suffice till you get some.

ballpythonmorph · 02-06-05, 07:58 AM

i have a 90 quart sterilite and there insnt any tape inside the enclousure its outside to keep the lid down

ballpythonmorph · 02-06-05, 07:59 AM

also does anyone have pics of what the s hooks look like on a sterilite tub?

Vengeance · 02-06-05, 08:44 AM

It looks like this

Drill a hole both threw the lid and the rubbermaid.

Tape is very bad, I'd get rid of it ASAP, use bungee cords or a bunch of bricks or a bunch of heavy books to keep the lid down, anything besides tape.

ballpythonmorph · 02-06-05, 09:04 AM

wont the bp get hurt on the S hook since it goes inside the enclousure?

tdherper · 02-06-05, 09:07 AM

The part that is inside is the rounded back of the S, look carefully... No danger there

ballpythonmorph · 02-06-05, 09:09 AM

i font get what your saying

tdherper · 02-06-05, 09:15 AM

Basically, the hole for the S hook is drilled into the lip of the tub. The only part of hook inside the enclosure looks like ).
hth

nita · 02-06-05, 01:36 PM

I used bungee straps around the outside before i had a rack and that worked well too. If your snake got half out of the enclosure and the tape is on the outside he can still end up sticking to the tape. Not to mention having to retape everytime you feed or take him out.

zero&stich · 02-06-05, 03:00 PM

I use binder clips to keep tops secure.