hhmoore
tired & cranky shadow
I wasn't trying to give you a hard time...just to understand your thought a bit better. Thank you for clarifying it. My reasons for "sort of" disputing your initial statement, which was
the adult size of a snake has nothing to do with its ability to get out of an enclosure at any time in its life, except (as you noted) that a larger adult is stronger and can use that strength. MY initial thought when I read your statement was not of an adult anything...my mind went to a juvenile (of any species that would max out at 10 ft). (I say this mainly to show the way different people think in different ways)
Also, the comment about most of them do find a way out, is less reflective on the snake than the keeper. Sure, we have all gotten lazy at times, but we can't blame the snake because we didn't secure things.
One of my lazy moments - I had an approximately 8-9ft retic fairly early in my history. I got lazy, didn't properly secure his cage and he got out. After a quick search, I decided that he was not in the room (fairly new construction house, no holes or gaps) - that meant that he had to have gone under the door, which seemed to have a gap of just under about 3/4 of an inch. Lesson numbers one and two: Where there's a will, there's a way; and carpet can be compressed. It didn't make a much larger space, but he did it. Upon coming back out of the room, my eyes settled on the washing machine. The lid was up. I checked inside - empty. I looked behind, under, and on both sides of the machines, then returned to the washer with a flashlight. Sure enough, there he was...wedged in between the washer tub and the outer walls of the machine. It was a great hiding spot; and if I had been less thorough, who knows how long it might have taken him to resurface.
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the adult size of a snake has nothing to do with its ability to get out of an enclosure at any time in its life, except (as you noted) that a larger adult is stronger and can use that strength. MY initial thought when I read your statement was not of an adult anything...my mind went to a juvenile (of any species that would max out at 10 ft). (I say this mainly to show the way different people think in different ways)
Also, the comment about most of them do find a way out, is less reflective on the snake than the keeper. Sure, we have all gotten lazy at times, but we can't blame the snake because we didn't secure things.
One of my lazy moments - I had an approximately 8-9ft retic fairly early in my history. I got lazy, didn't properly secure his cage and he got out. After a quick search, I decided that he was not in the room (fairly new construction house, no holes or gaps) - that meant that he had to have gone under the door, which seemed to have a gap of just under about 3/4 of an inch. Lesson numbers one and two: Where there's a will, there's a way; and carpet can be compressed. It didn't make a much larger space, but he did it. Upon coming back out of the room, my eyes settled on the washing machine. The lid was up. I checked inside - empty. I looked behind, under, and on both sides of the machines, then returned to the washer with a flashlight. Sure enough, there he was...wedged in between the washer tub and the outer walls of the machine. It was a great hiding spot; and if I had been less thorough, who knows how long it might have taken him to resurface.
I just don't have any friends i could have help me with a larger snake, but if i did get anything that would get bigger than 7' I would want something thinner. 
