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Well, last nite I get home from work, and I open the door, and there is a stench in the house that I couldnt identify.
So I walk to the kitchen and nothing, I go in to the snake room to find Kimba's cage empty, the lid open and a half digested jumbo rat hanging from the shelf. I freak and look around for her, following her path of destruction, and I find her in the living room having a drink with the fish tank. So I pick her up and see if she has any battle wounds from the escape, and find where she pushed her body against the lamp plug that was unplugged. two little | | marks on her belly, but no other damage.
I then cleaned out her cage and retched a bit from the stench... vicks vapor rub under the nose works great...
Well, she now knows the way out of the cage so its reinforced and weighed down, and she's okay..

Could the excitment and/or stress of the break out cause her to regurge? And should I wait till next feed day (2 weeks away) or try again??

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Coastal Carpet Python 0.1 (Lillith)
Albino Burm 0.1 (Kimba)
Columbian RedTail 0.1 (Squishy)
Kenyan Sand Boa 1.0 (Shai'hulud)
Common Snapping Turtle 0.1 (Sherman) (RIP Abrahms)
RES 1.0 (speedy)

This is just another example as why aquariums do not make suitable enclosures for a large python. Once this snake gets bigger there is no amountof weight that you can put on the top of the cage that will prevent its escape. Continuing to house this snake in this cage is going to lead to a bad case of nose rub since it knows how to get out it will keep on trying. please do your snake a favor and get it into a suitable enclosure. Todd

Her new cage is almost done. It just needs the glass, hinges, urethane coat and heat tape... But I've been working and going to school, so getting the time to finish is hard...
But she will love her new cage... 6'x2'x2.5'...
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Coastal Carpet Python 0.1 (Lillith)
Albino Burm 0.1 (Kimba)
Columbian RedTail 0.1 (Squishy)
Kenyan Sand Boa 1.0 (Shai'hulud)
Common Snapping Turtle 0.1 (Sherman) (RIP Abrahms)
RES 1.0 (speedy)

Good to hear that you are planning on a new cage. I just despise the thought of large snak3es kept in glass aquariums. Todd

I agree with todd...glass tanks and big burms (even modest sized ones) are a terrible combination....recipe for disaster.

Also, even though a 6' x 2.5' cage seems big, you may need something bigger at some point. I couldn't imagine cramming a 16' burm in a 6' cage (even though people do it)...but that's just me. Rob

Well, the 6'lx2'wx2.5't is nice for now, but its all that will fit in my apartment. When I get my house she is getting her perm home, which I am already drawing up the plans for. I was looking at a house in NC that has a nice basement that would be perfect for a snake paradise...3 rooms in one basement plus a "living room area"...I plan on having some fun.
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Coastal Carpet Python 0.1 (Lillith)
Albino Burm 0.1 (Kimba)
Columbian RedTail 0.1 (Squishy)
Kenyan Sand Boa 1.0 (Shai'hulud)
Common Snapping Turtle 0.1 (Sherman) (RIP Abrahms)
RES 1.0 (speedy)

Funny, my big green female regurged a 12 pound rabbit last night 3/4 digested. The whole house reeked for an hour. Not fun. Hope yours is ok.

The other day I awoke to an empty tank to find my Burm hanging out on top of my Vision enclosure which houses my boa. Turns out he pushed the lid open and got out. Well ever since then he has been rubbing his nose profusely against the corners of the tank where the lid meets the top of the tank and has developed raw/soreness on his lower jaw/nose. I was suprised to see how he was smart enough to condition himself to know that if he pushes hard enough, he can escape again. I still have him in a tank but am in the process of building him a custom 6ft melamine enclosure.