HallsHerps
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ok heres how it all starts off .....
once upon a time ...
ok i have a huge showcase i keep my large Male & female boas in , well today i notice the female has started her shed , so being a good father i decide ill hep her and grab the wtaer bottle and commence to spraying her down. Now in doing this i had opened one of the large glass slidding doors about 3" to spray her down . Ok so then i decide while im here ill go ahead and fill up there large water soaking tub at the same time .So i go fill up a pitcher with water and come back and commence to filling the tub . now keep in mind i had to open the opposite door to do so ( and its nascar raceday) so after filling the tub with water i go into watch the rest of the race . ABout 20 mins later i hear a strange noise just passed it off as nothing . so after the race i walk back into the room to find only that i had left the one door open 3 inches !!! #### i say and only one snakes in the cage now . So in a panic stat o start looking all over the room to no avail <img src="http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='
'> i then notice that my bedroom window is open on ( its on the 2nd floor with the front porch roof open to it !so i proceed out the window searching the roof line for the missing snakeNothing . i then go to the ground and crawl all under the front porch searching the ground cover( which is heavily covered in leaves ) thinking he had crawled down somehow and may be there .again nothing to be found <img src="http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''> so by now im trying to not alert the kind neighbors as to the escapee in the neighborhood .As i look up again my eyes following a 80-100 foot pine tree just off the roofline on the porch i see him !!! perched in the tp of the tree . i immeadiately head for the roof armed with only shorts and the will to overcome this ordeal. well as i start scaling the tall pintree the male looks at me and ventures further out & up the tree onto a limb i know theres noway i can get onto .So while sitting in this tall pine tree my neighbor walks out and i hear" alan what are you doing up the tree?" well at his point it became obvious as to what has happened . Okay so i see theres noway i can try to get on the small limbs of this pine tree to get him back in a safe manner . so i climb BACk down and grab a rat from the feeding cages , i then look and find some heavy fishing line to tie off the rat as a lure or crankbait if you will. again i start scaling the tree the second time as the boas watching me intently i release the bait ! the lil rat stars climbing the limb meanwhile the boa is watching us both and and im trying to keep in this 80-100 ft pinetree with out killing myself... then it happend STRIKING RANGE KABLAM !!!!!! the boa takes the bait !!!!!!! and i immeadiately set the hook by yanking the rat & snake towards me , they fall off the limb and luckily he is not letting go of this easy lunch. so by now there 3-4 neighbors watching from far below this escapade ordeal goin on . as i get the snake and rat inhand i start back down the tree to remove the fishing line and let him enjoy his meal in his cage once again ireachj the roof where i hear the crowd below laughing in amazement of what they just witnessed . well i am totally happy to say hes now sitting back in the cage SECURELY CLOSED and one more rat happier then before he started his adventure outdoors w/o a guide.
so just couldnt go with out letting this one slide , im just happy to say none of the neighbors captured this on film ... lol i would have never lived down the pictures they would have shared .. .
ok well im off to try to remove the sticky pine sap i have all over me now , enjoy the story
once upon a time ...
ok i have a huge showcase i keep my large Male & female boas in , well today i notice the female has started her shed , so being a good father i decide ill hep her and grab the wtaer bottle and commence to spraying her down. Now in doing this i had opened one of the large glass slidding doors about 3" to spray her down . Ok so then i decide while im here ill go ahead and fill up there large water soaking tub at the same time .So i go fill up a pitcher with water and come back and commence to filling the tub . now keep in mind i had to open the opposite door to do so ( and its nascar raceday) so after filling the tub with water i go into watch the rest of the race . ABout 20 mins later i hear a strange noise just passed it off as nothing . so after the race i walk back into the room to find only that i had left the one door open 3 inches !!! #### i say and only one snakes in the cage now . So in a panic stat o start looking all over the room to no avail <img src="http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='
'> i then notice that my bedroom window is open on ( its on the 2nd floor with the front porch roof open to it !so i proceed out the window searching the roof line for the missing snakeNothing . i then go to the ground and crawl all under the front porch searching the ground cover( which is heavily covered in leaves ) thinking he had crawled down somehow and may be there .again nothing to be found <img src="http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''> so by now im trying to not alert the kind neighbors as to the escapee in the neighborhood .As i look up again my eyes following a 80-100 foot pine tree just off the roofline on the porch i see him !!! perched in the tp of the tree . i immeadiately head for the roof armed with only shorts and the will to overcome this ordeal. well as i start scaling the tall pintree the male looks at me and ventures further out & up the tree onto a limb i know theres noway i can get onto .So while sitting in this tall pine tree my neighbor walks out and i hear" alan what are you doing up the tree?" well at his point it became obvious as to what has happened . Okay so i see theres noway i can try to get on the small limbs of this pine tree to get him back in a safe manner . so i climb BACk down and grab a rat from the feeding cages , i then look and find some heavy fishing line to tie off the rat as a lure or crankbait if you will. again i start scaling the tree the second time as the boas watching me intently i release the bait ! the lil rat stars climbing the limb meanwhile the boa is watching us both and and im trying to keep in this 80-100 ft pinetree with out killing myself... then it happend STRIKING RANGE KABLAM !!!!!! the boa takes the bait !!!!!!! and i immeadiately set the hook by yanking the rat & snake towards me , they fall off the limb and luckily he is not letting go of this easy lunch. so by now there 3-4 neighbors watching from far below this escapade ordeal goin on . as i get the snake and rat inhand i start back down the tree to remove the fishing line and let him enjoy his meal in his cage once again ireachj the roof where i hear the crowd below laughing in amazement of what they just witnessed . well i am totally happy to say hes now sitting back in the cage SECURELY CLOSED and one more rat happier then before he started his adventure outdoors w/o a guide.so just couldnt go with out letting this one slide , im just happy to say none of the neighbors captured this on film ... lol i would have never lived down the pictures they would have shared .. .
ok well im off to try to remove the sticky pine sap i have all over me now , enjoy the story
