Unexpected new addition....
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She did & was starting to loosen up. Now I have another issue though. I went to feed her last night. Apparently my kid opened the top to look & now shes loose in my basement area somewhere. Im going to put a heat lamp out everyday when I get home & maybe she'll come out before I go to bed. Its probably a lost cause though. Theres too many nooks where she could get in a wall or down to the sump pump at her size. Her cage with the lock is coming in tomorrow go figure...
Usually, they will hide somewhere dark and warm, very close to the enclosure she escaped from. They don't venture far right away, especially having been just fed, and just a baby. She is close by.
If you post a picture or two of the basement area showing the items/furniture around, we can probably figure out where she is if we are lucky! Been there, done that.
Littleredfootbigredheart
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Omg yayyy!! I’m SO glad she’s back! Been thinking about how you’ve been getting on trying to find her lol. She’s had quite the little adventure, so cute🥲❤️
I don't know of one person who has had a snake that has not had this happen. The cage ALWAYS gets left open somehow or other. I'm glad you got her back safe and sound. I lost my favorite snake for 11 days two years ago. Someone left the cage door open.
I found her down near the bottom of my ranch, and call me anthropomorphic, but I swear she was as happy to see me as I was to see her.She was opposite of where I thought she was. I started looking around down there & theres mouse droppings in that bathroom (country living). I think she was after some dinner.
Beautiful Cribo! Wish i found it first 😁
Love the eastern indigos but i hear their toilet habits are bizarre!
Littleredfootbigredheart
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My god what a beautiful snake!!😍❤️
Littleredfootbigredheart
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I’m so happy for you guys🥰
I hear that all the time, but I have had two of them, and I help care for several dozen adults when my friends go out of town, and I just don't see that. They are no worse than any other snake I have had in the last 38 years. They do eat more often, but they eat literally anything meaty. Strips of fish or jackrabbit, thawed roadkill snakes, any type of rodent, frog legs, chicks, quail, etc... They are very easy to feed and they ALWAYS want to eat. More than anything, they just behave differently than any other species or genus. They are not ambush predators like most snakes. They are hunters. They literally hunt and run down their prey. Their jaws don't flex like other species because they literally bite and overpower their prey and just swallow it. They don't constrict at all. Because of how they hunt, their eyesight is very good compared to other snake species, and I speculate that their brain power must be exponentially higher to be able to track, hunt, and run down prey, all the whole avoiding your own predators while out in the open, compared to other snakes that basically hide in the shadows and wait for prey to walk by.
@S2G My apologies for the tangent on your thread. @Chubbs the tegu Let's start a new thread if you wanna talk Drymarchon.
I thought easterns were all black? I have a huge native here i have to relocate off the porch occasionally. I love indigos & kings
Yes indigos are black. Toms is a Cribo
They are both gorgeous! Indigos are not easy to posses these days.. if im not mistaken u need a permit now
