RichardAckermann -> RE: THE THREAD!!! (1/10/2016 3:55:20 PM)
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ORIGINAL: nashvillen Three weeks ago, my daughter's Ball Python escaped his confinement. For three weeks we have been looking for him, but, being a ball python and doing what ball pythons do, his discovery eluded us. That is until late last night when Mrs. Nashvillen was working on some freezer meals in the kitchen and went into a lower cabinet to get a food processor and found Apep (the Ball Python's name) resting comfortably. Myself and my daughter had already gone to bed and she doesn't really care for the snake and didn't want to pick it up. So, she yelled for both my daughter and me from across the house. I heard it, eventually, but my daughter responded quicker. Apep saw the gig was up and started to enter an area under the cabinets that he had made a home of since he had escaped. She was only able to get a hold of his tail and we didn't want to hurt him, so she let him go. This was under a peninsula cabinet section of the kitchen next to the stove. Only one option, go after him. While the family was getting everything out of the cabinets and off of the counter for that area, I was looking at how everything went together and coming up with a dismantling plan to take the cabinets apart without destroying them. I gathered my tools and we started. Two hours later, Apep was in custody. He was very fat, and was evidently doing his part to keep the family safe from rodents! We estimate at least three mice were consumed in the three-week period, which is his usual food consumption rate. We went to bed with the kitchen all tore up as it was after midnight. This morning, my daughter and I put the cabinets back together. It didn't take long, and it is giving us a chance to streamline what was being stored in that cabinet set. Overall, it is a great weekend! Yea, I know those things to happen. I used to have a python (molurus bivittatus) my own. I converted 60 square meters of my house to build it a nice home, and put my living room right into the place. It reached nearly 6 meters in length. Not much of the furniture survived the 20 years of increasing punishment. And he learned how to open doors and turn on the light switch. Had to remove the door handle. I can imagine you got a lot of funny stories to tell about Apep. Those are great pets.
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