Someone in the neighbourhood could get a shock...

**blessedatlast** · March 19th, 2011, 09:36 PM

I just spoke to DP on the phone and his snake is missing

There are gaps around the side of the tank and after getting him out the other day, he forgot to tape them back up.. He is only a baby python, but I'm sure if he slithered into someones house they would kill him

Poor 'Nake.. I hope DP finds him curled up somewhere warm. He loved that snake, it was like his baby!!!

**willow5** · March 19th, 2011, 09:43 PM

I'd probably crap myself but I wouldn't kill him!

I'd call, um, well who do you call? The ranger or RSPCA to come and collect him. Definitely wouldn't kill him!!
I hope your DP gets his 'Nake back safe and sound

***LittleMissSummer*** · March 19th, 2011, 09:49 PM

*shudder* i hope he finds him before some poor person gets a huge fright.

**helle** · March 19th, 2011, 10:32 PM

Sorry, but I'd kill it. Coming from the point of view where I have a dog and a child in our backyard everyday and I have no idea what snakes are harmless and want aren't I would rather err on the side of caution.
I hope it is curled up somewhere tho, or he comes back for dinner! Maybe someone needs to invent collars for them or something XP

**Glamoreyez** · March 19th, 2011, 11:06 PM

Sorry, but I'd kill it. Coming from the point of view where I have a dog and a child in our backyard everyday and I have no idea what snakes are harmless and want aren't I would rather err on the side of caution.
I hope it is curled up somewhere tho, or he comes back for dinner! Maybe someone needs to invent collars for them or something XP

I have to agree - I am petrified of snakes... Although I would probably hightail it inside and send someone else to deal with it...
I had to lol at collars and the mental image of someone walking a snake!

**~Jayne~** · March 20th, 2011, 12:35 AM

Sorry Blessed, but I would kill it, if I didn't die of a heart-attack first. Snakes give me more than the shudders. I know it's a harmless snake, but it's like finding a shark in your pool & saying 'oh, it's harmless'. lol

**LisaBear** · March 20th, 2011, 05:09 AM

I would kill it. Sorry. But harmless or not they will still bite. I a somewhat irrational fear of snakes... I'm scared looking at one in the zoo....

That being said I hope he finds it. It's horrible to lose a pet.

**blessedatlast** · March 20th, 2011, 05:33 AM

I wouldn't be keen on finding a random snake in my house either! But we know 'Nake, and even if he did bite, he wouldn't hurt.. He's just a baby.. Taking away the fact he is a reptile, it's awful to think of him out and alone, and as I said, he is part of the family.. We always go up to his tank and say hello and he slithers up to greet us.. If a human doesn't kill him, it could be anything else a car, a bird, anything..

Poor Nake. DP is devastated.. He had him less than a year..

**~MummaBear~** · March 24th, 2011, 01:51 AM

. I know it's a harmless snake, but it's like finding a shark in your pool & saying 'oh, it's harmless'. lol

WoW you just made me laugh.. you know the spit your drink at the computer kinda laugh... thanks for that!! lol

**~Jayne~** · March 24th, 2011, 04:34 PM

MummaBear - snakes give me the absolute shivers!!! I say I would kill it, but I would actually RUN as fast as an Olympic Sprinter. I wouldn't be able to get close enough to it to even attempt to kill it.

The thing is Blessed, I have an all new respect for you! Going into the house knowing there is a freaking snake on the loose! I don't know how you could even walk through the door, let alone be relaxed there! Imagine waking up & it was under your pillow or something. Oh my god, I have goosebumps. Far out, you must LURVE your man. bahahah

As much as I hate snakes, your man obviously loves this one, so I do wish you well in your quest to finding him *shudder*

**blessedatlast** · March 24th, 2011, 05:23 PM

Lol, If Nake was under my pillow it wouldn't worry me.. I'm not scared of him at all.. A random snake I would be though.. One night I wore Nake in the loop of my jeans like a belt.. He stayed there for hours Lol.. He's still missing

I think he is gone by now

**helle** · March 20th, 2011, 05:38 AM

Not meaning to be rude at all, just curiosity, but would your dp be fined for his tank being holey? My brother has a snake and from what he's told me they get surprise visits to make sure all the gear is up to scratch and it's not kept in any rooms where people sleep etc...

**Doing my best** · March 20th, 2011, 07:24 AM

I wouldn't kill.. I am too scared of them to get that close

But my fear stems from one trying to attack me when I was fighting a fire when I was younger, and it was scared, and I was the target of a brown..

**Livinthedream** · March 20th, 2011, 07:42 AM

Where do you live?
Most qlders would recognise a carpet python. Even an olive python would prob just be seen as a tree or whip snake.
if you live down south, and it is cold, he will prob just go into hybernation. But if he is only small, I dont like his chances against birds

He is most likely still in your house tho.....
GL, hope you find him

**lilima** · March 20th, 2011, 08:38 AM

Is there any chance it is just hiding in the house? I am semi rural and we get snakes. Would never kill one without identifying it first. Would prob call the reptile man to get it. Let's hope if someone finds it they do the same thing. It might also be good to report it missing and also let the immediate neighbors know.

**Cranky Kitten** · March 20th, 2011, 12:28 PM

Definitely second the idea of letting the neighbours know, as well assuring them that he's harmless and to give you a call if they see him. Small snakes aren't likely to travel very far very quickly but unfortnately can get into all sorts of obscure hidey holes so could be difficult to find/catch.

Hope you find him though!