Escape artist

[thexbluexfairy]

Yesterday morning i awoke to my yearling jungle missing with no sign of how he got out. I tore the room apart, sprinkled flour on the floor (whihc sucks to clean up) placed hot water bottles near hides, placed a warm mouse in the centre of the room and nothing. I was about to resign myself to a loss when the storm that smashed brisbane last night hit. My Partner and i were franticly closing windows when i found him on his way out the window. This window was located 2 rooms away from where his enclousre is.

So just a word of advice to everyone when they have have a python that goes M.I.A make sure the first thing you do is close your windows. I am super lucky to have got him back.

 

[Tristan]

i thought most people already figured closing doors and windows would be the first step lol, but congrats on finding him must be a big relief, how did he get out? I have a stimi that’s MIA I accidently left one of the clips undone and he pushed the lid up and out he went.

 

[thexbluexfairy]

I closed the windows in the room he was in, i didnt think i would have to close the other rooms. Hes escaped before and he stayed under his enclosure. I still have not worked out how he got out. the doors were closed, there are no holes and the air vents undamaged. so hes in a Click Clack enclosure at the moment.

How long has your stimi been M.I.A?

 

[Michaelis]

My Childrens Python escaped once, but I caught him in the act, it was his first night with me and he got out through the glass, luckily my mum walked in just in time, to see him pressed between the sliding glass doors of his enclosure, getting out, ever since then I've kept him in a container of a night time and let him out in the day. Cause snakes are much more active of a night.

 

[thexbluexfairy]

I Have also caught one of my jungles in the act. He froze when i walked in as if he knew he was busted.

 

[Michaelis]

If you have sliding glass doors on your encloser maybe you should check them, snakes can fit into tight places. he may be getting out between the glass of the sliding doors.

 

[waruikazi]

Even when you don't find them straight away they never go real far. I've found 2 different snakes that escaped 8 months after escaping only a few metres from their enclosures.

 

[thexbluexfairy]

If you have sliding glass doors on your encloser maybe you should check them, snakes can fit into tight places. he may be getting out between the glass of the sliding doors.

How do i fix the doors?

 

[Tristan]

my stimi got out twice. the first time was when i had just got him and the little bugger did the slip between the 2 planes of glass trick, i found him under a towel 3 feet away.

i fixed the gap in the glass by using felt tape (sticky on one side) i stuck that on the inside pane of glass so when the doors are shut the felt strip runs from top to bottom and is in between the overlap of the 2 glass panes (i hope that makes sense) i got the tape from Bunning’s.

the second time he escaped was after i moved into my new house and as i said i did not close the click clack properly that’s been about 5 months, but i think he went through a gap in an air vent that leads to the gap in between the double bricking

 

[Michaelis]

You could try maybe a small rubber strip attatched to one of the doors, just wide enough so that it press's against the glass oppisite (and maybe cut a little space for the silver lock thing to slide through), one things I tried (and he hasn't got out since) is a strip of foam stuff that is sticky on one side. If your snake has been getting out of a night time, try putting him in a air tight container (with holes!!) and he shouldn't be able to get out, and you can have the foam or rubber stuff on just for security during the day. There are some photos below of how mine is set up, there is space for the silver thing to slide through, and the strips should stop (or help stop) him getting out, but if he is really persistant, maybe rubber would be better. The middle pic is what I keep my python in of a night time, if you put him in a container make sure it's in the enclosure so he still has the heat pad. hope this helped!

 

[Kurto]

Lucky hey!

I had an escape on last friday night! Not sure wether I forgot to close her enclosure or not but, I didnt even bother looking for her until the sun went down! Found her sitting on top of the incubator!!

 

[JAS101]

i had a jungle excape on the way home from picking her up [ hole in the pillow case] . i was driving along and looked in the rear veiw mirror only to see her wrapped up on the rear parcel shelf looking out the back window :lol::lol::lol: i dont know what the other pepole thought driving past in there cars :lol:

 

[thexbluexfairy]

I can only imagine the reaction to the car behind you. hahaha

 

[bump73]

You could try maybe a small rubber strip attatched to one of the doors, just wide enough so that it press's against the glass oppisite (and maybe cut a little space for the silver lock thing to slide through), one things I tried (and he hasn't got out since) is a strip of foam stuff that is sticky on one side. If your snake has been getting out of a night time, try putting him in a air tight container (with holes!!) and he shouldn't be able to get out, and you can have the foam or rubber stuff on just for security during the day. There are some photos below of how mine is set up, there is space for the silver thing to slide through, and the strips should stop (or help stop) him getting out, but if he is really persistant, maybe rubber would be better. The middle pic is what I keep my python in of a night time, if you put him in a container make sure it's in the enclosure so he still has the heat pad. hope this helped!View attachment 177214View attachment 177215View attachment 177216

Hey mate personally i think that is a really bad idea doing what you are doing. For starters snakes are generally most active at night so confining it to a small container like that isn't really allowing your snake to move about when it wants to. And secondly it looks like the container is sitting on top of the heat mat which would have no thermal gradient whatsoever. In my opinion just make sure the enclosure is secure and leave it out of the container. Just my opinion though....

Ben

 

[miss_khalli]

My Spotted male loves to squeeze between the sliding glass doors to get out and explore. The first 2 times we found him in the gap between the enclosure and the stand, curled up asleep. The third time we found him under a cupboard on the other side of the room.. So now we have a strip of foam in between the sliding doors to stop him escaping.

Unfortunately, my other half forgot to put replace the foam the other night after we fed the 2 Spotted's, and about 3am found the male frantically trying to get back in through the gap, the female desperately trying to get out to him, and our cat enjoying playing with the "legless Gecko" she'd discovered.. :-S Could have been disasterous.. Needless to say I now triple check the doors every time..

 

[Elapidae1]

Gaps in sliding glass often kill snakes or severely injures them, It's not nice to see a snake with it's flesh peeled back from the bone in a desperate attempt to escape. adhesive rubber or felt strip is an easy way to prevent this

 

[leighroy6]

He froze when i walked in as if he knew he was busted.

i recently caught mine in the act to, accidently left the glass door open just a little bit went of me room to get a drink come back and she was half way out her enclosure(when i left she was in her hide to), she froze up aswell it was so funny