Shortly after getting this pretty little girl from Zenny last year, I closed her cage in a hurry, which left a gap in there. OOPS!!! She then escaped. We looked for her EVERYWHERE. After a few days, then weeks I eventually faced the fact that I would never see this snake again - Especially knowing that there are numerous feral cats, cars, people, and lawn mowers in my neighborhood. This was July 2010.
One year later, in June 2011, my son walks out of the back door of my house and removes a small piece of carpet near my dogs kennel (only about three feet from my house). He finds an orange Kingsnake! WOW! She was very skinny, a little scarred, but alive. My son gave her water and when I came home for my annual vacation (from Afghanistan), a few days later, I gave her a meal of four large pinkies. She has eaten two other times already and is putting her weight back on. I am amazed that she has survived all the stray cats, rodents, other snakes, people, and a fairly cold NC winter to still be alive ONE YEAR later! I guess snakes ARE tougher than we give them credit for. I'm very glad she's back! Finally some good news!!! Here's a pic of her I took just a few days ago (from Zenny's high orange x hypo high orange brooksi project):
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"I am an expert on everything, but I know so little and have so much to learn!" -Carsten "Zee" Zoldy-
