Shelliebear
Team Snug
And I can't find him.
None of my snakes have ever escaped while in their tanks except for Madison (a ball python) and that was before we had screen clips for her tank.
Skittles is ridiculous. He's worse than the dog who keeps digging under the fence in the backyard and running away. He escaped from my old house and was gone for 1-3 days while we were moving to the apartment.
I found him not 4 feet from the tank, in the closet his tank was in.
Then he escaped at the apartment, was maybe 1 foot from the tank in a box full of stuff from the house.
Now, i have purchased clips for his tank, and he has STILL GOTTEN OUT. I cannot figure out how he is doing this; I've seen him climb up to the lid of his tank, and he is only a baby 25 gram corn snake, in a 10 gallon tank. but I never thought he could push out of the lid with screen clips locking it down tight.
I don't know how to stop this from happening, and I don't think I'm going to find him this time. I've torn up my room and surrounding rooms; I've sat in my room and listened, hoping I might hear him scratch around in a box or on the carpet, or against a wall; nothing. He is gone, and the last time my sister checked on him was yesterday.
It's tricky with Skittles because my sister says she wants a corn snake, so I let her practice taking care of Skittles sometimes. My little brother also holds Skittles occasionally. I don't know if somebody is perhaps not doing the locks right, though I showed everyone how and had them practice; I don't know how often people have checked on him, or if I should just check on him 18 times a day regardless, and be paranoid; I don't know what to do.
My baby is gone, possibly dead (we have a cat and a dog), and it's my fault, all my fault.
I led him to his death. I wasn't a good mother, and he escaped and he's gone. If I ever go to hell, it will be for letting that innocent, sweet precious snake escape while in my care. With my luck I'll not find him, ever.
I hope to God he didn't get outside, because the people in the apartments are terrified of snakes, and one lady says she killed her brother's boa when it escaped from its tank, and she'd kill any other snake she found.
Skittles, please come back. I cry every minute I'm without you. PLEASE!
Anyone have advice? I've looked everywhere...EVERYWHERE....the hard part is most of the apartment is boxes because we just moved in a month ago.
I don't know what to do. I really kind of want to just curl up and die.
My baby is gone.
I am a failure.
None of my snakes have ever escaped while in their tanks except for Madison (a ball python) and that was before we had screen clips for her tank.
Skittles is ridiculous. He's worse than the dog who keeps digging under the fence in the backyard and running away. He escaped from my old house and was gone for 1-3 days while we were moving to the apartment.
I found him not 4 feet from the tank, in the closet his tank was in.
Then he escaped at the apartment, was maybe 1 foot from the tank in a box full of stuff from the house.
Now, i have purchased clips for his tank, and he has STILL GOTTEN OUT. I cannot figure out how he is doing this; I've seen him climb up to the lid of his tank, and he is only a baby 25 gram corn snake, in a 10 gallon tank. but I never thought he could push out of the lid with screen clips locking it down tight.
I don't know how to stop this from happening, and I don't think I'm going to find him this time. I've torn up my room and surrounding rooms; I've sat in my room and listened, hoping I might hear him scratch around in a box or on the carpet, or against a wall; nothing. He is gone, and the last time my sister checked on him was yesterday.
It's tricky with Skittles because my sister says she wants a corn snake, so I let her practice taking care of Skittles sometimes. My little brother also holds Skittles occasionally. I don't know if somebody is perhaps not doing the locks right, though I showed everyone how and had them practice; I don't know how often people have checked on him, or if I should just check on him 18 times a day regardless, and be paranoid; I don't know what to do.
My baby is gone, possibly dead (we have a cat and a dog), and it's my fault, all my fault.
I led him to his death. I wasn't a good mother, and he escaped and he's gone. If I ever go to hell, it will be for letting that innocent, sweet precious snake escape while in my care. With my luck I'll not find him, ever.
I hope to God he didn't get outside, because the people in the apartments are terrified of snakes, and one lady says she killed her brother's boa when it escaped from its tank, and she'd kill any other snake she found.
Skittles, please come back. I cry every minute I'm without you. PLEASE!
Anyone have advice? I've looked everywhere...EVERYWHERE....the hard part is most of the apartment is boxes because we just moved in a month ago.
I don't know what to do. I really kind of want to just curl up and die.
My baby is gone.
I am a failure.
