If you have had a snake escape in the past.... dont loose all hope. You might just be surprised at who show's up one day.
**Im sitting here scratching my head**
Tonight Im sitting at my computer talking on the phone. The computer is now in the room that my reptiles used to be in. My cat was in the room with me and she's not scared of ANYTHING. If it moves... it's lunch!
So tonight Im sitting here and I hear a light sounding **thump** and she's backing away from the HVAC vent. That is VERY odd behavior for her... so I kinda look over at the vent. Her ears are kinda back... and now she has my curosity up. I look down at the vent.... I think I see a head.
I cant be seeing a head.... It's been a very long time since I had a snake escape. I cant be seeing a head. I go get a flashlight and tell the guy Im talking to.... "Hey I gotta go... something aint right!"
I'm still thinking... that cant be a head. I've been running the heat for months after the last escape. There is no way anything could survive down there.
I get the light and shine down the vent. IT'S A HEAD LOOKING BACK AT ME!!!!
Holy !!!!!!
I bend down to lift the vent cover and it retreats..... crap
So now Im thinking... do I blindly shove my hand into the vent (which in turn bends back towards me so I cant see anything) and risk shredding my hand.... OR
Yep... I followed 'plan B'.
I left the vent cover off and stepped back towards the door of the room (about 10 feet away). It wasn't long and a head started to poke out.... then a neck. Then she started looking around... then she started coming out..... and out...... and out..... and out.
How big is she
About 2 foot later she is completely out of the vent. I'm sure the AC being on helped facilitate her timely exit of the vent. Once she was completely out I took a box and covered the vent hole. She was NOT getting back in there.
She went in behind something and once I got the vent covered I moved it out of the way. I figured I was gonna get tagged for sure, but she never did. She was a bit cold, but she wasn't starved by no means. She had grown while she was chilling in the vent system. I dont know what she was eating... but she got a nice juicy mouse tonight and she is now chillin in a tub with fresh water and familiar surroundings.
I dont remember exactly when... but sometime last year... I had a normal corn escape. At the time I was scratching my head trying to figure out how she could have gotten out of the rack system. Now Im scratching my head trying to figure out how she survived. She had gotten so big she couldn't get back out of the vent covers.
So if you have a snake escape.... don't loose hope. You never know who will show up when you least expect it.
**Im sitting here scratching my head**
Tonight Im sitting at my computer talking on the phone. The computer is now in the room that my reptiles used to be in. My cat was in the room with me and she's not scared of ANYTHING. If it moves... it's lunch!
So tonight Im sitting here and I hear a light sounding **thump** and she's backing away from the HVAC vent. That is VERY odd behavior for her... so I kinda look over at the vent. Her ears are kinda back... and now she has my curosity up. I look down at the vent.... I think I see a head.
I cant be seeing a head.... It's been a very long time since I had a snake escape. I cant be seeing a head. I go get a flashlight and tell the guy Im talking to.... "Hey I gotta go... something aint right!"
I'm still thinking... that cant be a head. I've been running the heat for months after the last escape. There is no way anything could survive down there.
I get the light and shine down the vent. IT'S A HEAD LOOKING BACK AT ME!!!!
Holy !!!!!!
I bend down to lift the vent cover and it retreats..... crap
So now Im thinking... do I blindly shove my hand into the vent (which in turn bends back towards me so I cant see anything) and risk shredding my hand.... OR
Yep... I followed 'plan B'.
I left the vent cover off and stepped back towards the door of the room (about 10 feet away). It wasn't long and a head started to poke out.... then a neck. Then she started looking around... then she started coming out..... and out...... and out..... and out.
How big is she
About 2 foot later she is completely out of the vent. I'm sure the AC being on helped facilitate her timely exit of the vent. Once she was completely out I took a box and covered the vent hole. She was NOT getting back in there.
She went in behind something and once I got the vent covered I moved it out of the way. I figured I was gonna get tagged for sure, but she never did. She was a bit cold, but she wasn't starved by no means. She had grown while she was chilling in the vent system. I dont know what she was eating... but she got a nice juicy mouse tonight and she is now chillin in a tub with fresh water and familiar surroundings.
I dont remember exactly when... but sometime last year... I had a normal corn escape. At the time I was scratching my head trying to figure out how she could have gotten out of the rack system. Now Im scratching my head trying to figure out how she survived. She had gotten so big she couldn't get back out of the vent covers.
So if you have a snake escape.... don't loose hope. You never know who will show up when you least expect it.