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I was holding my 14 month old normal today while I was sitting on my couch. As she was wrapped around my hand, I looked away at something on the computer and she saw a large pair of scissors on the top of one of my cushions. She then started to crawl into the lager part of the handle. I did what I could to stop her after I noticed what was happening, but she seemed pretty stuck in there. About 10 inches past her head.
I Kept the scissors from twisting too much and tried running her under water to see if they would slide off of her (I didn't pull them). However, I couldn't get them to budge. I took her to a family friend who happens to be one of the best vets in the state.
I was definitely freaking out at this point. As I was waiting in line, she decided to pee all over my arm and hands. This was kicking a dead horse at this point. From that point I started to walk over to the waiting area, and low and behold, Ms. Ronnie decides to loosen up and just slither back out as if nothing had ever happened.
I had the vet check her for any injuries and just her general health because we made the trip. She was fine. The vet also let me know that what I had been assuming was a he (I've never had a female animal) was actually a SHE. Nice.
I would love to show you a picture, but I have no idea how to upload them.
Let me know your feelings.
Jake P.

lol--- sound's like one of 'those' days.

At least you took her to the vet-- far more than most would have done.

~Beth
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Yeah I'd say I was pretty lucky.

I don't mean to make light of the situation because taking her to the vet was probably a good idea, better safe than sorry, but I think once she relaxed enough she would have found her way out of there. Glad things turned out for the best.

Quig

i had something like that happen with a fake tree decoration that was recommended by an employee at petco(cringe) it was about 2 in the morning and i hear a banging noise........ yup stripes was stuck in a hoop in the decoration. about 30 min of freaking out and she decided she was done and got herself unstuck...... needless to say the decoration was thrown away and there was no way i was going to be able to fall back asleep. i know your pain.
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1 iguana
1 female sort of normal ball python
3 fish
and we had a pet mouse......untill stripes was hungry

I actually bought her at PetSmart. I haven't had any problems though (knock on wood). Until I found this site, I was unaware of how bad they actually treated the animals. Actually though, at my local PetSmart, the only thing I've noticed about the reptiles that is incorrect is the fact that they hose more than one BP in the same cage. That's the only snake they do it with though. Other than that, everything seems to be in order (clean substrate, warm/cold end, etc.) Not very knowledgeable though for sure.

i had that happen once with my Myra, she was easily 3 inches wide then, and she managed to squeeze herself into a crack under my bathroom sink that was less than an inch wide, she was already halfway through when I noticed, you wouldn't beleive how she ever did it, I don't, but she squeezed all the way through. Just about gave me a heartattack, but she was perfectly fine.
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1.2 Ball Pythons 1.1 Amazon Tree Boa 1.0 Corn Snake (and 9 eggs) 1.0 Dumeril's Boa 2.1.10 Bearded Dragons 2.1.2 Crested Geckos (and 2 eggs!) 1.1.4 Eastern Box Turtles 1.0 Northern Mockingbird 0.3 Chickens 2.0 Cats 1.1 Ferrets plus lots of mice and feeder insects and 5 Black Rat snake eggs