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Last year i attended a trip to Orlando, Florida for a week. I was worried about leaving my reptiles at home but i figured if i fed well before the trip and left plenty of water, then they would all be okay. So i did as i said and fed my baby cali king a pinky and fed my leos some crix and left some mealworms in the tank.

My whole vacation i was thinking about what my kids were doing at home. The last day of the vacation(the ride home) i was SO ready to come home. My dad asked my brother what his favorite ride was and he was in a bad mood so he said the ride home...it may have been a be-there moment.

So i get home and i RUN in the door down the stairs and look in my cali kings tank....He was GONE...i was like well thats not good so i run over to my leopard geckos tank and looked down and there he was curled around right under their light. The leos were no where in site...I was like theres no way this little snake ate these leos..they're bigger than him.

I lifted up the hides and there they were. As calm as can be. I don't know how or why or what happened but i was just glad there were no battle scars. I figured they got lonely and decided to have a party...lol

Well that taught me too secure cage tops very well...don't even ask how a 14 inch snake crawled out of a 10 gallon tank...lol. He must've been very lone.

Well just thought i'd share another leo story. I need to go to bed but i can't sleep. Thanks to anyone who reads this whole thing...lol
 
your lucky..

Your lucky those leos didnt think he was just a oversized wax worm or meal worm... he would have been history. :)
 
lol...i don't know how a 14 inch snake got out of a 10 gallon...and into another big 20 gallon...but it did...he was having a party...lmao
 
That experiance taught you to secure you tank covers???? That is a weird story but, you should have known to secure the covers even before you bought your animals..... Thats just my opinion though.....
 
Yeah,
I realize that now. I wasn't aware that the sliding screen tops could be slid by a snake that could barely reach the top of the cage...much less crawl out. But i definitely learned a lesson there. Just though i would share a story from when i was 14.
 
I liked your story. Amazing some of the not-so-bright things we have all done at one time or another.
 
Matt,
I know exactly how you feel.When I got my first snake(not all that long ago, really)
I also did not realize what incredible escape artists they are.I had left for work he was in the tank.I had the lid on and some books on top.I thought that would be enough...aparently not.I came home and he was gone....Now you have to understand how hard I fought to get him.My hubby was completely against a snake in the house and NOW it really was in the house.I looked everywhere, left pinky's out for him and water.everything you can imagine.No snake.Well I gave up I figured he found some way out of the house altogether..8 months later...yes months. I was just coming out of the shower.Had taken 2 steps into the hall way and there he was.He didn't try to get away from me...He had to be beyond starving.I picked him up got him in his tank(with clips now) let him relax a bit and fed him.He has been fine and in a secure tank since.I learned a long hard lesson....never under estimate the power of a snake or its ability to escape.here is a pic of him a few months ago.He isn't as big as he should be but that is because he didn't eat for 8 months ..he is catching up though.
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he is a Durango Mountain kingsnake.
Robin
 
This reminds me of an experience I had last weekend with my juvi gold dust day gecko. I came back late Sun. night after being away for the weekend and checked on her. I saw her tail hanging down from the top of the tank, but why was the tail hanging down on the *outside* of the tank? I still don't know how she got out. I hope she zipped by the guy who came in to mist the tank (I told him not to worry about her because he probably wouldn't even see her). She hasn't gotten out since then so I don't think there's an opening I haven't found yet. I just put a cup over her, slid a piece of paper under it and eased her back into the tank.
 
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