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This is not exactly corn snake related, so has ended up here, although is a great success story for many snake owners out there.
Last August one of my snakes escaped, a cali king with some interesting and recognisable markings. She was around 12-14 months old so still reasonably small, but large enough be an established eater. She had managed to get out of her rub that wasn't quite closed correctly (100% my fault, blame myself for that one). We tried all the usual tricks to find or locate her, mice in bottles, flour everywhere for markings leaving mice out near hides and heatmats; but we gave up hope after about 2 weeks of trying, as we have a cat and had the door open a lot around then. So assumed she had either been eaten by the cat or made her way outside to never be seen today.
To our surprise, we got a phonecall today from a friend and owner or the local independent pet shop, saying he was on the phone to the police as someone had reported that they've found a snake in a pub carpark. After a brief description of size and colour (looked like a zebra, which I think was an amazing description) we thought it may actually be our missing snake.
And what do you know, upon turning up to help catch the thing, it was actually our snake, who went missing nearly 8 months ago, has survived the freezing weather, snow, getting trodden on and the large amount of cats in the area. Weight wise, she's not too bad looking, not had a real chance to look for injuries or anything but she is absolutely filthy, face is just covered in mud.
So shocked and relieved right now, apparently an animal used to warmer environments can actually survive a British winter!!
Last August one of my snakes escaped, a cali king with some interesting and recognisable markings. She was around 12-14 months old so still reasonably small, but large enough be an established eater. She had managed to get out of her rub that wasn't quite closed correctly (100% my fault, blame myself for that one). We tried all the usual tricks to find or locate her, mice in bottles, flour everywhere for markings leaving mice out near hides and heatmats; but we gave up hope after about 2 weeks of trying, as we have a cat and had the door open a lot around then. So assumed she had either been eaten by the cat or made her way outside to never be seen today.
To our surprise, we got a phonecall today from a friend and owner or the local independent pet shop, saying he was on the phone to the police as someone had reported that they've found a snake in a pub carpark. After a brief description of size and colour (looked like a zebra, which I think was an amazing description) we thought it may actually be our missing snake.
And what do you know, upon turning up to help catch the thing, it was actually our snake, who went missing nearly 8 months ago, has survived the freezing weather, snow, getting trodden on and the large amount of cats in the area. Weight wise, she's not too bad looking, not had a real chance to look for injuries or anything but she is absolutely filthy, face is just covered in mud.
So shocked and relieved right now, apparently an animal used to warmer environments can actually survive a British winter!!
