No, really. My neighbor friend, June, was out jogging with her young son this morning...
BUT, never fear. June really is just around the corner! We have three days left in May and we need about a third of an inch of rain to break the record set in 1935. My money's on this being our year.
But I'm finished complaining. It's terrible what is happening in Texas and Oklahoma.
In other little disaster news, Reese is AWOL. Yep, our 4-foot-long king snake managed to escape and is playing hide and seek with us. *LOUD SIGH*
Meego fed him on Tuesday. We feed him in an enclosed shoe box. We were told that it's best to take him out of his usual habitat and feed him in a small box so he became accustomed to that being his "dining" area.
So anyway, Meego put him in the box, fed him the mouse, then closed the lid and placed two heavy books on top as always.
Later, when he went to return Reese to his tank, Meego noticed a small hole in the corner of the shoebox. He remarked that we should probably get another box. The next thing he said was,
"Reese isn't in here!"And I said, "WHA...?!"
We all spent a good amount of time searching, but to no avail. That guy could be anywhere. Of course the situation is compounded by the fact that the room is filled with Chaco and Wolfgang's boxes and such of dorm crap.
Also compounding the situation is that Reese had just shed. It was an impressive one-piece shedding, kinda like peeling the whole label off a beer bottle... Worthy of a photo.
He's always gotten quite active just after he sheds, like he's feeling all frisky in his new "clothes".
As of right now, he's still missing. We put his heat lamp out near a comfy crevice and his favorite hide to try to lure him.
Got any snake-trapping advice??
I just hope we spot him soon. And the "we" doesn't include the cat!
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Hope he turns up again soon, he is probably not far away, but that does not mean he will be easy to spot :-(
Snakes are champion hiders. And I worry the more we bang around looking for him, the further he will burrow. So, we wait!
Ok. First of all, it should be noted that Mrs Agg ain't a real fan of reptiles of ANY kind. If I approached her with the news that Reese was AOWL in the house, the first response would be to sell the house (followed by the 2nd response of burning the house down). I gotta imagine Reese is having the time of his life, free and roaming the wide open spaces of casa Abby. I only hope you can corral him before he winds up going places where no snake has gone before. Good luck on the snake hunt and may the force be with you.
Aaack! I hope you find him fast for your sake and HIS. Maybe Napolion won't bother with him, since he doesn't look as filling as some of his other meal choices. Then again, if he's just wanting an appetizer....
Hopefully overnight, Reese will be lured by his heat lamp, and tomorrow we'll hear the happy ending.
Ach! A snake on the loose in the house! Yes, I realize this doesn't bother you nearly as much as it does me. If it did, you certainly wouldn't have a King snake for a pet. Hope he resurfaces before there's a cat-snake face-off!
The lower level of our house is the perfect snake playground right now. So I guess offering our home to you and Mrs. Agg to escape the floods is out?
Considering that Reese just ate a mouse, I imagine he would be like a two-fer for Napolion!
If it was one of the wild snakes from the backyard, i'd be a little freaked, but I hafta admit that I miss Reese! The big dummy!
Oh boy. No advice, just sending you good luck!
Thanks, RK!
He's feelin' frisky not because of his new clothes, but because he just shed 'em.
(That's one of the things that makes me frisky anyway....)
Could be worse. Could be on a plane; they made a movie about that scenario, but I don't recall the name.....
Well, let's hope he doesn't find him a freshly shedded wife "out there"!
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