![]() If anything's loose or has a gap, they will try to worm their way in at some point. Snakes will do this to pretty much every single corner/surface of the cage at some point. There's a post on the fp which pretty much shows how they escape. So yeah, my question is, do you think it's inevitable for your snake to escape at least once, even when being cautious and diligent about things like securing the enclosure? I've kept many other pets in my life and I've never had one escape and I'd rather keep it that way. I know myself and I know I'd be panicking the entire time it's gone. I just fear the idea of finding it injured or worse one day. It seems that most people who do lose their snakes find them eventually, but the idea of not knowing where my pet is for a few weeks if not longer really, really makes me anxious. ![]() This stresses me out so much to think about. A lot of escape stories seem to start with things like "I knew the top of the enclosure was faulty but-" or "I just left it open with my back turned for a minute and-" but I've been told that even with appropriate diligence you will, at some point, lose track of your snake. I've seen maybe two sources say that this isn't true and escapes are entirely preventable if you take the right steps. I've seen it coming from YouTubers who appear to know what they're talking about as well as random folks in various communities. My one biggest problem, though, is the fact that I have seen many people say that your snake escaping is essentially inevitable. I think I'm leaning slightly more towards snakes because I feel genuinely excited about the prospect of keeping snakes as a whole. I'm interested in various species of snakes but also various species of lizards. I'm preparing to get my first reptile many months from now, and in doing so, I'm doing a lot of research. "I want to make it more sturdy this time to make sure something like this doesn't happen again," Trexel said.Hello folks! I hope this is an okay place to pose this question. Trexel told the News-Leader Wednesday that he has ordered steel and Plexiglas to fix and reinforce the python's cage. The Christian County Sheriff's Office chimed in about the missing python on its Facebook page in May, cautioning people not to let their children venture into high grass or densely wooded areas alone.Ĭaptain Jeff Lofton with the Christian County Sheriff's Office previously told the News-Leader that emergency dispatch had received several phone calls from parents worried about the python. He set up game cameras to monitor the grounds at night. He canvassed the neighborhood with a thermal imaging camera. Sometime in the night or early morning, a tree branch had fallen through the roof of an enclosed porch, where Trexel keeps the cage, allowing the python to escape. Prior to Sunday, the last time Trexel saw SS Wraps was a Thursday evening in May, before heavy storms hit the Ozarks. It was curled up in a ball in the corner of its cage. It also refers to a double s-shaped design on the snake's back. "SS" stands for Super Snake, Trexel said. The python - named SS Wraps - has been Trexel's pet for about nine years. Watch Video: Venomous snakes of the Ozarks A part of him dragged on the ground," Trexel said. "I realized it was him, he realized it was me and just put him around my shoulders and walked down the road. So, he simply reached into the tall grass and grabbed the snake by its tail. In his hurry Trexel said he did not stop by his house for a pillowcase to put over the snake's head. Trexel said after he heard the news, he immediately placed his grocery items back on the shelf and rushed to meet his sister and brother-in-law. The dog dragged the couple toward a ditch by the side of the road, Trexel said, and when they looked closely into the tall grass, they saw a brown and tan tail - the same color as Trexel's missing python. Trexel said his sister and brother-in-law were walking their dog down the street when the dog started pulling on its leash - hard. I thought he was already dead after more than two months," Trexel said. ![]() "At first I didn't believe they found him. Owner Ben Trexel said he was out grocery shopping Sunday night when he got a call from his sister and brother-in-law. About two months after it escaped from its cage, a 20-foot pet Burmese python was found alive about 100 feet away from its owner's house near Rogersville.
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