undocumented crisis

drache · 10-07-2007, 06:54 PM

I know you guys really want pics of this one, but sorry - the story's all you're gonna get, 'cause I was just too stressed at the time
one of my kings had wedged himself between the two panels of the sliding glass doors and I was certain he couldn't get himself back out
I kept working on it, but the doors don't come out and he started having abrasions and what looked like bruising
I ended up calling the rescue
Sean, the guy who runs the rescue lived right around the corner, and lucky for me, I just caught him before he was going out, so he came over and somehow got my little wanna-be Houdini out
all of this seems so straight-forward right now, but at the time it was high crisis, with Mikhaila wailing and accusing me of killing the snake, because I had forgotten to stuff the tubing in that gap
he's still alive, but a bit banged up
whew!

LushLulu85 · 10-07-2007, 07:00 PM

awww rhea. that is just unlucky. i was worried about that with my marcys when i first got them. how big is your king? there is only possibly enough room to fit a tiny baby garter through the gap in my tank lol at least everything was ok in the end and i am sure he will be ok.

Sid · 10-07-2007, 07:51 PM

I can feel for you on that one.

Had a similar ordead last year. Hope the King snake is OK.

drache · 10-07-2007, 07:59 PM

he's about three feet long and about an inch think
I didn't think that gap could fit anything bigger than a one-year-old garter
but he had to try . . .
it was scary to see him hanging there, with stuff squeezing out of his vent

he didn't seem anywhere near as stressed as we were
I think he was headed for the garters

ssssnakeluvr · 10-07-2007, 10:27 PM

never underestimate a snakes ability to escape.....I put a stray red tail (some one's escaped pet that was found) in a cat cage (they don't trust us officers enough to give us keys to the rooms with the snake tanks in...

) thinking that the 6 ft snake couldn't get thru the 1 1/2 inch gaps....I got a serious surprise the next morning as the snake did squeeze out!!!! I didn't think this snake could squeeze thru such a small gap but he did.

zooplan · 10-07-2007, 11:24 PM

Kopf hoch, Rhea!
You must be lucky to have gotten this experience wtihout losing the snake.

drache · 10-08-2007, 04:35 PM

okay
this is all I can do in terms of follow up documentation

this is Lav, the escape artist

and this is the little abrasion/bruise he got away with

I don't think it'll prevent him from trying anything in the future, but he didn't really want to leave his damp hide today

Lori P · 10-08-2007, 07:22 PM

Aww, poor guy!! I'm SO glad he's ok. He looks so pathetic... "Mom, close the door, I need to sleeeeep!!"

Snaky · 10-09-2007, 01:01 PM

Luckily that in the end he didn't have any serious injuries... Hopefully he'll be his old self in no time again.

RZL36 · 10-09-2007, 02:47 PM

Poor guy. I read about some guy who was holding his king snake high and put it in a fan. The snake was banged up, but survived.

It looks like minor bruising.

10-07-2007, 06:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
drache Ophiuchus rhea Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Brooklyn, New York Posts: 4,765	undocumented crisis I know you guys really want pics of this one, but sorry - the story's all you're gonna get, 'cause I was just too stressed at the time one of my kings had wedged himself between the two panels of the sliding glass doors and I was certain he couldn't get himself back out I kept working on it, but the doors don't come out and he started having abrasions and what looked like bruising I ended up calling the rescue Sean, the guy who runs the rescue lived right around the corner, and lucky for me, I just caught him before he was going out, so he came over and somehow got my little wanna-be Houdini out all of this seems so straight-forward right now, but at the time it was high crisis, with Mikhaila wailing and accusing me of killing the snake, because I had forgotten to stuff the tubing in that gap he's still alive, but a bit banged up whew! __________________ rhea "Life is just one damn thing after another." Mark Twain Last edited by drache; 10-07-2007 at 07:09 PM.

10-07-2007, 07:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
LushLulu85 netjer-ankh Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,783	Re: undocumented crisis awww rhea. that is just unlucky. i was worried about that with my marcys when i first got them. how big is your king? there is only possibly enough room to fit a tiny baby garter through the gap in my tank lol at least everything was ok in the end and i am sure he will be ok.

10-07-2007, 07:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
Sid Thamnophis Addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Carolina Posts: 1,920	Re: undocumented crisis I can feel for you on that one. Had a similar ordead last year. Hope the King snake is OK. __________________ Sid 9.14 T. s sirtalis, 2.2. T. s pinkeringii, 1.1 T. e vagrans, 1.1 T. s parietalis, 1.0 T. s sackenii- Peninsular Ribbon

10-07-2007, 07:59 PM	#4 (permalink)
drache Ophiuchus rhea Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Brooklyn, New York Posts: 4,765	Re: undocumented crisis he's about three feet long and about an inch think I didn't think that gap could fit anything bigger than a one-year-old garter but he had to try . . . it was scary to see him hanging there, with stuff squeezing out of his vent he didn't seem anywhere near as stressed as we were I think he was headed for the garters __________________ rhea "Life is just one damn thing after another." Mark Twain

10-07-2007, 10:27 PM	#5 (permalink)
ssssnakeluvr "PM Boots For Custom Title" Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Posts: 2,387	Re: undocumented crisis never underestimate a snakes ability to escape.....I put a stray red tail (some one's escaped pet that was found) in a cat cage (they don't trust us officers enough to give us keys to the rooms with the snake tanks in...) thinking that the 6 ft snake couldn't get thru the 1 1/2 inch gaps....I got a serious surprise the next morning as the snake did squeeze out!!!! I didn't think this snake could squeeze thru such a small gap but he did. __________________ Don www.donsgartersnakes.net

10-07-2007, 11:24 PM	#6 (permalink)
zooplan The red side of life. Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bonn Posts: 1,171	Re: undocumented crisis Kopf hoch, Rhea! You must be lucky to have gotten this experience wtihout losing the snake. __________________ best wishes bis bald Udo www.zooplan.net Member of the EGSA

10-08-2007, 04:35 PM	#7 (permalink)
drache Ophiuchus rhea Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Brooklyn, New York Posts: 4,765	Re: undocumented crisis okay this is all I can do in terms of follow up documentation this is Lav, the escape artist and this is the little abrasion/bruise he got away with I don't think it'll prevent him from trying anything in the future, but he didn't really want to leave his damp hide today __________________ rhea "Life is just one damn thing after another." Mark Twain

10-08-2007, 07:22 PM	#8 (permalink)
Lori P thamnophis puniceus Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: VA Posts: 3,347	Re: undocumented crisis Aww, poor guy!! I'm SO glad he's ok. He looks so pathetic... "Mom, close the door, I need to sleeeeep!!" __________________ Lori, New Hope Rescue-- rescuing equines and others www.newhoperescueva.com

10-09-2007, 01:01 PM	#9 (permalink)
Snaky Truieneer, e ras apoat Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,814	Re: undocumented crisis Luckily that in the end he didn't have any serious injuries... Hopefully he'll be his old self in no time again.

10-09-2007, 02:47 PM	#10 (permalink)
RZL36 Subadult snake Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Shores of Jersey Posts: 331	Re: undocumented crisis Poor guy. I read about some guy who was holding his king snake high and put it in a fan. The snake was banged up, but survived. It looks like minor bruising. __________________ Rich

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