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OKAY TRIP OUT ON THIS.. IT IS UNBELIEVABLE..
Okay on Sunday we headed to a hewrping event. We were in my Durango with a few buds and myself. We are traveling up to one of out first stops on a dirt road and just about to get out of the car. One buddy says Hey I found a Rosy. First I thought, Its Jim and he is messing around. Then I thought one of the Rosys I had in a tub for another friend got out of the tub. So I look back and Jim pulls up a neonate rosy and I about crapped my pants. The another friend (NOT on this trip)and I had picked up a couple Rosys last October/November and on the way home one got loose. We pulled over since it had only been a few minutes from the last time we looked in the container. Well we couldn't find it ANYWHERE.I TORE apart my cars interior and moved the seats and center console. NO Luck.. This was winter so I placed some heat pads in the car covered by some newspaper and rags. I didn't drive my car for 4 days and searched for it every morning and evening. No luck.. So WHAT a HUGE surprise for it to come out from WHEREVER it was hiding after 5-6 months. We have had hot days during that time here in So Cal that I thought for sure would of fried it. I gave it some water that day, soaked it for a few minutes that night since it looked bad. The next morning it had shed completely and looks perfectly normal and not even skinny.
SO WHAT ARE the Odds
Just goes to show.. Don't EVER give up
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Very cool story. I'd hit the casino before your luck runs out!
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Mark Huntley
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I love stories like yours - shows how tough these animals can be.

I had a similar event with a Lampropeltis mexicana mexicana. Couldn't find that thing in my truck for well over a month. Drove every day (frwy too), went to work, etc the entire time. Temps probabaly got 90-100 in there during some of those days.

One morning, I find the snake on the dash. It scrambled for the vent, but I nabbed it. Unbelievable. Snake was fine and fed that day.
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Mark

Thanks for the comments guys, I am glad to say that after it shed it ate right away two baby pinks and is doing GREAT. It will ALWAYS be a VERY special rosy to me even more now.
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