I set a rubbermaid container out (w/no lid) with about 60 frozen mice of all sizes that needed to thaw. The container was sitting on a small stepstool. Well, a few hours later, I decided it was time for feeding. I went into the snake room and behold, three mice on the floor and several missing from inside the container??? After about 2 minutes of scratching my head, I figured a wild snake must have entered from outside. Then my imagination got the better of me...multiple snakes? a spider? no...couldn't be...unless someone's pet....a cat? maybe........My mind was racing to figure out what got to these mice.

I did a random spot check/scan of snakes enclosures. Nothing out of the ordinary. Hmmm.... Well, none of my snakes have EVER escaped, EVER in 10 years! But, I guess I got cocky so I figured I better check each one anyway. Well, after about 40 enclosures, all were present....50....no snakes missing...55..down to the last one...GONE!...

Well, my tiny male 03 Ringed Python decided it wasn't necessary to wait so he somehow mysteriously got out and climbed the footstool that the container was on (with the mice).
He managed to eat a few mice then climb down....but that simply wasn't good enough for him.....He was greedy...he took three mice down to the floor with him and left them in a perfect trail which led me right to him. He was sitting fat as can be near some ebay boxes I was about to pack and ship. I still, to this day, do not know how he got out AND how in the world he managed to eat so many mice AND carry three mice with him that were 3X's his size combined. Needless to say, his enclosure is weighted down now and his name was changed to Houdini!
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Sincerely,
Jason
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