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Couldn't believe this! Escaped for a week. House torn asunder. I sit down to write an e-mail & after a few taps she crawls out from under the keyboard. Best recapture ever!

HAHAA!!!,...wow!, that is just unreal! I know you were extremely happy to find that pretty mustard yellow girl so soon.

Funny how fate works sometimes..

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

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see....she knew you were talking about her....

...NICE snake...nice deall....good luck....don't let it out again.....!....LOL
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........JY

Thats just too funny!
Been there many times ripping the house apart sometimes finding them or later finding them when they are ready.
My last escape disaster was a $400 mandarin that I had rasised to breeding age. Never did find that snake.
It was that event that prompted me to build an escape proof snake room in my basement. $1,200 invested but its been tested many times since it was finished and was worth every penny in gray hair saved.
Mike.

That snake room is highly envialbe! Great work
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Agreed! Awesome snake room and great idea.

Man, that's so nice. Would love to have a snake room vs a snake "house." Most of our guys are in "escape-proof" enclosures but the little ones still in aquariums are the occasional getaways. Then they've got 1800 sq ft to play with us on their terms.
TGIF!
Dan

Thanks guys, I built the room giving thought to where and how snakes hide. Its not insulated because in my mind thats just space where a small snake can get into and hide. I use heat tapes from the Bean Farm in the winter along with an oil filled electric radiator. The tape contributes alot to heating the room not just the tank bottoms. I have reostats to maintain the strips at 90 degrees so they don't overheat.
The room is framed out with plywood facing out. This gives it alot of strength. Inside is bare framing, primed and painted. Outside has sheetrock over the plywood for proper looks with trim.
all of the cracks and crevices have been filled with "great stuff" expanding foam. The storm door and windows have screens to give air flow when I want it. There is very little skill required in building a room like this but you have to give thought in what you want.
I also put the room in the basement as a basement stays cool even on the hottest summer days. Ever lose a snake to a day when your house gets too hot?
Its also easier to heat than it is to cool.
The basement also gets the collection away from the general living part of the house and when comapny comes over the snakes don't dominate the house or intimidate anyone who are not into them.
building a room like this is something I really recommend to anyone with even a small collection. Its easier to maintain cleanliness, temps, and security. escapes are not a worry.
Go for it, you can do this too! you won't be sorry.
Mike.

Baby snakes get out of almost anything.
I've been keeping them for awhile now in plastic show boxes from K-Mart. They are marked KIS and are cheap. Air holes were made poking a hot soldering iron through the sides. Even really tiny snakes have been contained this way with nothing getting out.
I plan on posting a few pics of some newborns and I'll try to show the box too.
Mike.