Do Pet Snakes Escape Easily?

How often do pet snakes escape, and is it something you need to worry about? Today, we talk about how snakes escape, whether it's a common occurence, and how to avoid it.
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[@GoHerping]

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[@BassetLuv4Life]

GoHerping me too, but it’s ok. 👌

[@Nz-tm3gs]

Dont worry! Ill just imagine it is a stock photo of a Potato. 🥔

[@r3m0rs34]

Hey whatever happened to those eggs your snake laid? I never saw an update video

[@fuqimhigh]

Alex where did you get the hide that's in with the red tail?

[@HeavyPlatinum]

Goherping I want a garter snake, I already have a ball python what do you think?

[@callmebee1209]

I left my ball pythons enclosure unlatched and open for over 24 hours once. When I realized it was open and checked inside, he was just chillin in his hide like a Good Boy.

[@hamsack981]

Did that with my corn a week ago. 🐍

[@ArmednotTriggered]

Colubrids seem to be the most ambitious escape artists.

[@seek.l2215]

I fell asleep with mine and he just stayed there

[@jeremiebutokok7591]

I wasn't so lucky I have a sliding lid and I accidentally left a tiny bit of space annnnnd she escaped I don't know where she is its been months now :, ( Edit: thank you for all the support and I will now try to do these tips again thank you.

[@ShieniLicksOnLemons]

@@jeremiebutokok7591 you may still find them, I would recommend trying to check under your fridge/freezer because those push out warm air, someone found their leopard gecko behind their fridge and they actually had to take off the cover on the front and move the fridge to find it. Any closets are important to look through as well, try each clothing individually to see if there's extra movement. All high places no matter how improbable it seems that the snake could have gotten there, because heat rises up so it is likely they will try to go up (this is why on top of the fridge/freezer is also important). If you've already found them, that's great, and even then this could be useful information for others :)

[@cambriayoung6008]

News article about 26 foot long python swallowing someone: *uses picture of a ball python*

[@View-sc8wf]

Cambria Young TRUUUUUEEEEEEEEE

[@bigpepper9784]

IKR my family doesn’t really like snakes (I’m the only reptile lover in my family) and every time there’s some sort of Burmese or Reticulated Python incident on the news they will always say “a python like you got killed a kid the other day you know that?” But I have a Ball Python that’s only about 2 feet long if even a foot and a half.

[@View-sc8wf]

Sherk it’s like comparing a wolf to a Pomeranian. Yes they are related but doesn’t mean they are both gonna kill ya

[@theunholyviper]

@@bigpepper9784 same

[@theunholyviper]

@@bigpepper9784 I h8 it when then think BP can eat ppl

[@elicrawford3447]

I've never had my snake get out but one time I was sitting in another room and my crested gecko just kinda walked in😂

[@nascitadivenere]

That's hilarious

[@koda7684]

One day I was laying on my bed and I hear a big plop. Turns out my baby blue tongue skink climbed out of its enclosure & jumped off. That day I learnt two things: 1. the lid has to be on at all times and 2. my skink can survive a meter fall

[@samforpanek8401]

@@StormgemThunder im not sure about that, i feel like they have enough mass that it would be a problem.

[@_Cynther_]

Sam Forpanek watch this vid. It explains that you could drop tiny animals off of the Empire State Building and they would be fine. Very interesting

[@Izzy08ttv]

"henllo fren"

[@fuzzy4461]

"Very melodically search your home" * singing * oooohh where is mmmyyyyy snaaaaakkkeeee

[@Eloraurora]

To the tune of 'My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean': My boa constrictor is missing- I cannot guess where she might be. My boa constrictor is missing- Oh, bring back my boa to me... Bring back, bring back, oh bring back my boa to me, to me! Bring back, bring back, oh bring back my boa to me.

[@Koyomix86]

I just play one of those snake charmer flute songs and he comes out groovin

[@everydayistacotuesday9847]

lmao

[@FalconOfStorms]

Snakes only respond to Axel F.

[@toddydog3]

Real news article: "Woman fighting for her life after buying crickets for her tarantula" She got hit by a car on the way out of the building...

[@phoenixdavida8987]

Talk about fear mongering clickbait...

[@kathrynh685]

If the crickets escape you will be fighting for your life though 😂 but yeah that’s insane

[@gayandtired5370]

stg crickets are scarier than tarantulas

[@Koyomix86]

Linny Wilson yeah my friend has a lot of lizards (I only have a corn snake) and he told my how much of a nightmare it was when his crickets escaped

[@everydayistacotuesday9847]

link please?

[@ruiwenz9765]

my young ball python escaped because i didn't close the lid tightly, so he kind of push it out and wandered around my room. this happened once before and i found him behind the curtain. the second time he escaped i searched around the room for hours but couldn't find him at all. i searched every corner of my room and it's not even a big room. I found nothing at all so i was panicking real bad but gave up searching for the night because it was just so late and i have work in the morning. i fell asleep and woke up to that MOTHERFECKER was chilling on my feet like no big deal. i now put my plant pot on top of the tank to make sure he never push it again lol.

[@edmundtiao7469]

davaduvadoo z a

[@SHADOW-xb7ww]

😂😂😂

[@이윤희-c8h4e]

100th

[@kaydenharrison7864]

Lol I think he wanted some warmth

[@isabellefleszar5851]

“Hello parent I have returned. Deliver rattos.”

[@skarapeacetalon2800]

My lemon blast ball python escaped once, by escape, I mean I left the cage open. I searched the reptile room and couldn't find him. Later I went back hoping he had moved to a better spot. I felt scales on my leg and I looked down. He was trying to climb my leg. I was so happy, it just shows how smart they are, kinda.

[@annabelleglover4060]

Skara Peacetalon lemon blast ball pythons are so beautiful 😍

[@FalconOfStorms]

"yo I realized it's ssscary out here, mind putting me back in the enclosure?"

[@yanasty9374]

Haven’t got a link to an article or anything, but in the uk there was a programme set up where they would bring reptiles into care homes and things. Whereas people would usually bring rodents or cats or dogs to entertain old people, they found that many of them were just so relaxed by the snakes and lizards- some people were even getting over their fears. A lot of people liked ball pythons because they were just so relaxed. It was a nice thing to see opposed to snakes escaping and such.

[@kathrynh685]

I love that!

[@xrandommusicaddictx]

My one and only snake escape and it was 400% my own stupidity. Was doing a water change, started another errand and forgot to put the whole lid on. Came back 30 min later, seemed like no movements had been made so i put the lid on and locked it. Didn't see my hognose for TWO DAYS (i had recently fed him so I assumed he was digesting) and thought nothing of it. One morning I walked into my living room and noticed my two cats were looking at something under my bookshelf. I assumed it was just a spider and again, thought nothing of it. Then I walked past the bookshelf and heard that very familiar hoggie hiss and i nearly jumped out of my skin. Locked my cats in another room, looked under and found my boy. He was a little dusty but besides that he was just fine! Even though I hadn't even known he was missing I cried and held him close. Now I don't move away from a tank until it's secured, no matter what!

[@brennalambert3401]

im more proud of you for thinking there was a spider and just leaving it. spiders give me the heebie jeebies

[@tabbioca]

Positive news headline from me: Update, Snakes help my depression and give me the will to live. I love them.

[@onixxfilth]

My Pueblan milk snake, Bandit, helps my anxiety. I love to take her out and pet her smooth skin. It puts me into this almost trancelike state.

[@tabbioca]

Thats amazing to hear! I had alot of random panic attacks before I went and got my first snake. Now I don't get them often, and when I do I can usually just hold one or clean their tanks or just listen to videos about them and I calm down. These scale babies have impacted my life so positively.

[@ashmations3akaashley510]

That’s why I’m getting a ball python

[@kadeschaos]

Same my black pastel Ball Python, Loki, helps me calm down during an anxiety attack. He is super calming and sweet, I honestly don't know what I would do without him. He keeps me motivated because I want to keep him healthy and he makes me want to get up in the morning. I used to have a very bad over-sleeping problem and he helped me with that. He changed my life and I love him so much.

[@ashmations3akaashley510]

I’m guessing you never had a mental illness, it’s hard to get motivation when you have depression and anxiety. You can’t talk like that to others even if you have gone through that.

[@HHLucifer666]

You should have done a mission impossible montage of “snake escapes”

[@rose6884]

Yasssss

[@seamusbyrne8259]

That's what Brian does.

[@izanuelfoster8201]

They protecc They attacc But most importantly It’ll try to escape it shacc.

[@catherinevo6060]

Why U Need To Know Man xD

[@axtra9561]

Its long but can fit through tiny things.

[@peccantis]

Unless it just wanna relacc.

[@strawberrybleach923]

And it make you a sad sacc 😔

[@silverstring9928]

They protecc They attacc But most importantly They snek ¯\_(ツ)_/¯¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@FieryLittleRaven]

My phython did escape once because she sleeps sometimes when I hold her. But I fell asleep too so she just slitheres away. When I awoke and found her gone I searched for hours but didn't find her until next morning. I couldn't sleep all night I was so worried and frantic. So I'm sitting in my chair next morning worrying and wondering where could my Stella be 😢 ? When suddenly I hear a noise like pots and pans being moved around. It was from the stove drawer ! I ran over to look, and there she was, all curled up under a pot cover trying to get warm I suspect. Nice cold metal pots. Good idea for a place to hide when your a poor cold snake 🤣 Poor Stella. I was never so happy in a long time. I picked her up and held her til she was nice and warm. Silly Stella lol 🌳🐍

[@LavenderAshesCollective]

The same thing happened to me with my ball python except we found her behind the computer tower where it was nice and warm. A couple days after she went missing I noticed her poking her cute lil head out from behind it. 🐍❤️

[@CoolB3anz]

My snake’s name is Stella too!!!!!!!!!!

[@melissaleigh9119]

I’ve done this with my sand boa. But I usually find her under a pillow. A tip should this happen in the future, out plastic bags or something crinkly behind furniture or in places she might be. Then if you hear her slithering over the bags you’ll find her!

[@elias_xp95]

Oh I've done that before lol. Falling asleep, waking up seeing the viv door open, realising my corn snake is hiding somewhere. Normally in my cupboard or in the suitcase under my bed. Luckily there is no place to escape from my room when the doors are closed.

[@elias_xp95]

@@melissaleigh9119 That's how I found him the first time he escaped. He was in a plastic bag full of bedding so I heard him rustling.

[@duariweiss7188]

As a parent I wasn’t thrilled when my adult daughter wanted to bring home a snake. I have always been petrified of snakes. However I wasn’t worried about it getting out. It isn’t as though this snake is going to hunt me down and kill me in my sleep. I was more worried I would have to feed it. That fear came true about 3 months after we got him. I got past it and we are all good. I am actually glad my daughter got him. I have learned so much about ball pythons and he is really cool to watch. I have even held him a few times. Still not comfortable handling but no longer out of fear. He just moves so fast and I don’t know how to support him. I love your channel. Have found several of your videos helpful.

[@connerjones9572]

Is there ever any positive things about anything on the news.

[@atomicpunch8812]

@@jackleo4435 he died last month o july

[@kbug0262]

Dogs

[@codyruth2444]

Jack Leó I S THAT a D E A T H G R I P S REFERENCE

[@sillyminicat]

Jack Leó oh my god

[@shanksswife]

nope especially this year 😔

[@autumnthemasterofjokes2148]

3:45, I am a independent snek, i will boop my own snoot.

[@someonenew2672]

IT was soo cute!

[@Sufficio]

Literally as you posted this video, I was tearing my room apart looking for my escaped ball python. Just found him in the TOP shelf of a closet with a 1/2 inch door gap. This is an adult male BP too! How the heck he got up there, I don't even know.

[@kaysheridan2513]

Can we get a potato care guide? I'd love to get one of my own someday.

[@ballinglikeimtobe4920]

Russet potatoes tend to survive the longest in captivity

[@MaxBeejax]

Dont forget that they dont need a mate to reproduce either, so be careful about that.

[@kaas7274]

Their water bowl should be big enough for them to bathe in, but make sure it isn't deep enough for them to drown in

[@morgangobin9985]

Kay Sheridan A KZbinr called Ephemeral Rift made a very in depth-and very relaxing-guide for how to care for a pet potato. I recommend watching it if you’re seriously looking to own one someday.

[@angelicascritters8958]

Yeah i remeber that

[@bluecollarden]

That's why I really like exo terra tanks, they have their screens very securely shut, and you're able to put locks on them. My corn has never escaped, but every now and then, she'll reach up the 18 inches and poke around the top of the tank, looking for a potential escape route. I'm going to need a lock sometime very soon. Before I know it, my son (currently 6 months old) will want to play with our snake and could open up the tank if there is no lock. Gotta make sure to get it before he's walking and reaching for things.

[@Okayletsg0]

Blue Collar Den good on you being a responsible pet owner and parent :)

[@jordgasm]

Blue Collar Den ew a furry

[@peeblekitty5780]

ツsolar ew a normie

[@cuteboy9469]

My snake escaped a few weeks back because I walked away during feeding time and got distracted letting the snake get away... I searched my room, searched the whole house I live in, informed housemates that my snake was gone. One week later I figured "its gone" and got another snake. A week after this I found my first snake. I own two snakes....

[@day2041]

Where was it?

[@nicolasmaradeo4622]

My ball python has never escape, and I've forgotten to put the clips back on his enclosure many times over. However my pet mouse has escaped 3 times and all on the same day.

[@itzstellastocalife8743]

I’m so confused is that mouse u have your pythons dinner or what?

[@gagiibaaji2774]

@@itzstellastocalife8743 no, they probably wouldn’t keep it in a cage

[@peeblekitty5780]

I take my BP outside to roam in the grass for enrichment purposes. I took my eyes off her for a minute (she's slow-moving, no need to track her all the time, right? Apparently not) and she was gone. I was so. Frikkin. Panicked. It's not like an indoors escape where she's limited to a room and is probably under some furniture, it was _outside._ After awhile of freaking out and crying and searching and trying to track her trail in the grass I found her under the porch and o h m y g o d i'm never taking my eyes off you again you sneaky noodle Anyway, she's doing great to this day, but, while not super climactic in retelling, that was a hUGE freakout for me and I thought I would share it cuz heyy we're sharing escape stories ye?

[@yourlocaltoad5102]

I once had a tarantula escape and I didn’t manage to catch it immediately. I assumed it would just freeze to death in my room (as it was winter at the time), but a few weeks later I found her under a plug for one of my lights. Apparently it radiated enough heat to keep her alive and she was perfectly fine. I even found a molt, so apparently she even found something to eat. That was a very nice experience, although I‘m more careful since then to not have them escape.

[@Areskaii]

We had a tarantula escape too. She disappeared after my boyfriend accidentally left the lid ajar after feeding time for everyone. Our roommate found her just chilling next to his tv stand in his bedroom about a couple months later. He was not happy about that. She made it, thankfully.

[@kaydenharrison7864]

I have a not so happy tarantula escaping story, my older sister wanted to play with it, so she put it on her bed and something fell so she went to pick it up and she looked back at the spider and it was gone, she freaked out looked around her room then my mom found out and went after it with bug killer -_-

[@Paramore433]

One time when I was younger my brother had a ball python and it escaped and was gone for over 3 months... he looked everywhere and just couldnt find it. We have a pretty big yard and a building on the complete other end of the yard then the house and one day he was in the building getting something and there it was... his ball python.... fat from eating all the mice. Just laying there. 😂

[@neversaw]

Paramore433 haha ohhh fat baby

[@gagiibaaji2774]

Aw

[@drewjenn9819]

Lol, that's awesome

[@lindsey9958]

You all are so cute!!!!!!! :D

[@SoCalChris]

Please call Brian out more . You are getting a reach now and as a member of our great community , he needs this done so he can stop peddling his animals as numbers instead of actually animals. The whole Jake Paul thing , his day to day care, and other aspects need to be addressed but everyone else is afraid of doing so. Thanks buddy.

[@Nz-tm3gs]

Preach it Brother! You speak the Truth! Brian has gotten abit "better" lately. BUT he is still basically the Logan/Jake Paul of the Herp World.

[@llamalady]

I like his positive energy but I feel so sorry for all the snakes in racks that have no enrichment whatsoever :(

[@thotchocolate8503]

llama lady I think they’re temporary because any of the animals in tubs are going to be sold. He’s also making a reptile zoo for his larger animals with great enclosures. I’m not on anybody’s side, just stating what I know.

[@SoCalChris]

Everything Animals Brian only keeps on something until he loses interest and then it will fall by the way side just like all his other projects.

[@paul-robinfranz9272]

@@thotchocolate8503 Nope, also keeping all his breeders and other animals in those tubs. Before his little reptile zoo he even kept his big retics and burms in a rack...

[@turtlemomma3796]

Shade was thrown lol love your videos

[@rianawashington9986]

My Mom is sooo worried about my ball python escaping. She wants me to get rid of it bc she thinks it will get out 😂

[@FieryLittleRaven]

🤣

[@benis9965]

there is less of a chance of a ball python biting you than a dog or cat, come on mom!

[@starchild1085]

Riana Washington my mom won't let me get a ball Python because she thinks it's gonna escape and kill my sister in her sleep . 😂

[@neversaw]

Hahaha they just want to plop down in a pile. Escaping needs effort. They’re not big on effort haha

[@ryssaslibrary329]

my mom won’t let me get one, not because she’s afraid it’s going to kill me, but she’s afraid it’s gonna kill my dogs. I try to tell her that the dogs are probably too big (french bulldogs) but she won’t budge. Now I’m looking for another reptile to buy even though ball pythons are my dream animal

[@r0ckl0bster13]

“You know who I’m talking about..” Brian. He’s talking about Brian. “I’m talking about Brian😎” Loll laughed too hard

[@jessicacampoverde3919]

I was spot cleaning my corn snake's enclosure one night and looked away for a second or two while i replaced her water and then she was gone. I looked for her for about an hour and I was scared that she would get hurt considering I have two cats and a dog as well and I wasn't sure how they would react. Thankfully I found her behind the TV stand wrapped around a wire. From that moment on I made sure to put her in a separate container or have a family member hold her while I clean. Although I know she doesn't understand I had to apologize to her because I felt so guilty lol.

[@alexispruitt7078]

Positive news update: Snake decides to be a hat by crawling on head and being adorable

[@sabzillagorilla]

one time i was feeding my boys, and then i went to go take a shower. At one point i realized i had left the lid off my kenyan's tank. He tends to have issues eating on substrate and he gets it all in his mouth so i feed him in a little tub with no lid and i just place it in his tank. So with the lid of his tank off, hes completely exposed and would be able to easily climb out. I rushed out of the shower and ran to my room still dripping water, i swished my hand around in the substrate and there he was. He had just slithered out of the tub and burrowed away. What a good snekky boi :)

[@trenthobson2756]

Nice video. I'm really glad that you're helping to spread awareness about the fact that snake escapes are uncommon, preventable, and not a super big deal (by that I mean it's not like it will hunt you down and kill you). I personally have had two escapes with the same animal. I had a wild house gecko quarantine (because it was evasive where I found it), and had him in a small tub at the time. Two times whenever I opened the tub she would take off running and disappear not to be found for a few months. She's now in a real terrarium, and healthy.

[@saracooper1336]

My corn snake escaped while I had had him out. I was sitting on an office chair and he figured out how to get inside it. I took the chair apart and tried to lure him out but it didn’t work. He stayed in the chair for about two days and he finally came out while I was at work. I frantically searched my apartment, but couldn’t find him. About a week later I found him slithering across my shoes in the closet. About four months later I forgot to put the lid back on his tank after feeding. It was off for about 12 hours but he was just chilling in his hide like a good boy. I guess my closet isn’t that exciting after all.

[@allenjones1947]

You should keep the title but add a "| How to keep your snakes contained" So it shows up in search results more and can help more ppl

[@kessbristow6234]

I don't have the link for you but it happened in Dallas,TX back in the 80s, my grandfather was chief of police in a city just north of there and his whole unit got called for backup. The summary of the story is a man broke into another man's apartment and didn't know the guy let his boa free roam, the guy that broke in ended up calling the police on himself because he was terrified of the snake and thankfully nothing was stolen or damaged.

[@sbaker8149]

If a snake ever gets out and you can't find it right away, place a line of flour along the walls and under the doors. That way at night when your snake goes to look for some place else to hide and crawls through the flour, you can follow the trail for a little ways at least. My 3 escapees were entirely my fault since I forgot to put the lid back on. In one case though, the lock on the swinging exoterra enclosures didn't lock properly because I turned the enclosure on its side (so if you have that kind of exoterra cage then make sure you push both doors in as far as they will go before locking it). All of my snakes that escaped were found 5 feet away from their cages in the exact same spot each time.

[@prochey69]

I've been terrified of snakes my whole life, but I stumbled upon your channel and I'm starting to like them! They still give me the creeps at times, but Rosie specifically is helping me a lot!

[@ReticulatedViper]

I've owned a lot of snakes since I was very young (got my first when I was 7, two corn snakes named King Kong & Jerry 😂), and us being stupid kids we'd always forget to put the locks on the enclosure. And sometimes we'd even leave the lid off by accident. We had a lot of escapes. One time my five and a half foot ball python got loose and my mother found her in her pillow case. She's petrified of snakes. That was a rough night 🤣

[@magzies5795]

omg when she went over your head all squished in your hair, i died. cutest shnizzel ever. yes random dont know why im so in love with that clip. but i am, so deal with it.

[@BenjaminsExotics]

Hey GoHerping. Great Video and Info! Hopefully more and more people will be exposed to the truth about snakes by people like yourself, and debunk the lies and misrepresentation by the news media.

[@t-171]

My ball python escaped once - my parrot let her out of her tank overnight. I found her that morning, hiding under the piano - gave my mother a terrible fright. Mum's scared of snakes and she was the one who found out Lucifer had gotten out of her tank. The birds and snake are fine. Love the videos, unboxings are my favourite. You managed to exude such a neutral, calm aura whilst at the same time sarcastically calling people out of their stupidity. It's beautiful. (I loved the 'can animals breath in a cardboard box' - showed it to one of my classes, they found it hilarious.)

[@averyd.6132]

I had a corn snake that escaped and i found her on top of my dumeril's cage. The dumeril was hissing and striking the top of the cage while the corn snake was just chilling on top of it. Thank god i found him or i think it could have been waaayy worse

[@AbkMattsson]

The milksnake I had when I was younger escaped once (totally my fault). Still living at home, both my parents joined the search. My mum (being very brave to help, since she is scared of snakes) proclaimed: I will not go to sleep with a snake loose in the house! After hours of searching we sat down together by the kitchen table, trying to come up with a plan for what the heck to do next - mum being scared, me crying from worry and dad feeling helpless - we suddenly heard a bump coming from the livingroom. I ran in there to find my milksnake, looking snuggly in a rolled up poster. I have never seen my mother looking so happy and relieved in my life! I did learn something from that though; if your snake does escape, start by searching for it at the same, or a lower level then it's encloser. They almost always move downward. Also, thank you so much for making such great videos. Lots of love from Sweden! 💚🐍

[@stevenreynolds8287]

found this news story from 2010 (MNN.com- Pet snake saves family from house fire Rescued animal returns the favor by warning family when an electric blanket catches fire.)

[@debras3806]

Ok so I'm genuinely confused by that article. I went and searched and read it and it sounds completely fake but that site in general doesn't appear satirical. Is it true?

[@Rb-ip5lt]

I might be getting a corn snake soon. I informed my parents to address their concerns. But they said that they would not take care of it and if it escapes they will kill it. 😭 I’m hoping if I do get it that they will get comfortable and like it rather than being terrified.

[@lizjackson6592]

Please do not just "use something heavy" on top!!! Snakes are much stronger than they may seem, and they may still be able to push up against a weight. Worse yet, if they do manage to lift the tank lid enough, they may then become stuck under the weight of the object and get hurt! It is well worth the investment to get snake tanks with good locks or latches. At the very least, those spring clips look cheap. Please don't use weights.

[@onixxfilth]

Exactly. I have a Pueblan milk snake in a 40 gallon tank and I have 4 locks on her lid- heavy plastic ones that you need to remove a pin and then pull a latch down and off of them. I tested them with my hand with the pins in place seeing if I could rattle it up and down and it barely budged.

[@wesleysipe4517]

Liz Jackson this dude been keeping reptiles since he was six or eight so he knows what he's doing

[@moistowlette8749]

I really don't think this is likely to happen. I've used weights before, and while I still think latches or clips are better nothing like that ever happened.

[@katmlg2505]

Liz Jackson we use clips and a weight due to some holes near the top as our tank is a second hand. So far no injuries thanks to the clips but having the weight ontop (it's only a textbook so not super heavy either) helps make my mami feel a wee bit safer abt letting me have one lmao

[@Gabrieladogmom777]

Can I use duck tape to latch it everytime?

[@alyssa6538]

a while ago, before my cornsnake died, it had pushed the lid off its enclosure and got out. we couldn’t find him and assumed he’d gotten out the house (they’re native to this area so we doubted he’d have a big impact on the environment) we thought he’d died outside and my stepdad wanted another snake anyways so he got a ball python a couple months later. however, nearly a year after he had escaped, my sister found the snake in the bathroom, the house wasn’t made well so we believe he had gotten into the walls and the insulation and perhaps eating mice that had gotten in the house (we had cats and got rid of mice without using poison so any mice he caught would not have poison but still might’ve been had diseases) but he was completely fine!! he lived maybe for another year or 2 after that!! and his death was completely unrelated to his escape and our care for him, RIP spike 😔

[@domkwasny3611]

My mom biggest problem with my snake is mice in the deep freeze

[@melissaleigh9119]

Emily (Snake Discovery) made a video giving some really good tips on finding an escaped snake. She suggested placing plastic bags along the walls behind furniture. Something crinkly so that should the escaped snake slither over it and your nearby you could hear it. I love this idea. Hopefully I never have to use it but I love it.

[@Nz-tm3gs]

Nice! I love Your Rat Snake Shadow! And Yeah i have had a few escapes myself. Thats why i use Terrariums with Sliding doors with locks.

[@acole1974]

My wife and I enjoy your videos there really helpful!!!

[@seamusbyrne8259]

Go Herping's next video: ALL MY REPTILES ESCAPED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FEAT. BRIAN

[@MrIncorr3ct]

I have a Sinaloan Milk Snake which I got when I was 15 (I'm 37 now) he escaped when he was a hatchling. I was pretty certain he was gone for good and even replaced him but after 8 months he was found several houses over, which is pretty amazing as I live in Scotland and he survived over winter. It actually made the local newspaper. I never worked out how he got out but it never happened again. A garter snake I had did escape for good, and it was a snake a neighbour found and gave me, so this guy was a PRO.

[@davey1276]

Can you make a video on spider ball python head woble

[@Okayletsg0]

robot 265 great idea

[@jessdavis7565]

Check out Amazing Animal Adventures. That guy is a friend of this guy and he has a video on it.

[@toiletshark6368]

Already did it m8

[@helga4791]

FYI- most screen lids are not meant to withstand weight from the top. So if you put weight on them, be sure to check the lid often for stress cracks, bending or glue, staples, or rivets warping, etc. This is why using brackets/clamps is a better option.

[@terisoglesby8889]

My snake escaped and three weeks later I found him in makeup bag. So I’m going to make him a KZbin channel so he can be apart of the beauty community

[@PrincesssKeilani]

Just bought my dream snake. Left for one hour and it escaped its enclosure. There’s was the most TINIEST hole where that key is suppose to go. Like. What. I thought they were nocturnal. I wanna cry

[@BenjaminsExotics]

No. Not if done correctly! :)

[@TheStefaniMAY]

I had a garder snake escape when I was a kid, three months later.. THREE MONTHS later I found him in the basement, 4 times the size from munching on spiders. No health issues, all was well

[@emilyrinearson7446]

i'm a year late but i had a ball python escape and i didn't find him for 3 months. he got out of my apartment, my neighbor found him and took him to a rescue, and i got him back from the rescue. kind of a crazy story, but he was fine.

[@thekiofki14]

You are very well spoken and give great advice. Keep up the good work. I know I'll be tuning in!!!

[@achilleamillefolium2463]

I actually had a leopard gecko escape and she hid in my shoe in my closet

[@picnicblanket6428]

She be stylin

[@itzstellastocalife8743]

@@picnicblanket6428 lol u a funny person

[@davidbrown5146]

Your videos have been a major help to me while researching info for getting a pet snake. I've been banned from getting one while I live in my current place but I super duper want one when I move out. I've always loved snakes and while I used to be really nervous about the idea I think it'd be good. Thanks for the good information and helping me to realize that this won't be as scary as I thought.

[@carschmn]

Shadow slithered away and got knocked up. That hussy.

[@jaztaz45]

the part about your reptile disapearing one day and just randomly showing up is so true. my leopard gecko Diego escaped back in august of 2017, and all the way in january 2018 he shows up my work boot, very hungry but not hurt.

[@JesusOrtega-ym6pu]

Imma be real with ya chief I had a feeling that you would post a video today and you did

[@maevevirafarren7220]

At one point recently I had been checking on my ball python in her tank right before I had to leave for a class. I accidentally left the lid open without realizing it. I came back about 4 hours later to an open, and empty tank. I panicked, looked along all the walls and underneath furniture, it took me 5 minutes of panicking and worrying until I looked down at the floor, and saw her chilling on a pile of scrap fabric, out in the open, waiting for me. She's a good snake.

[@aidangillette2955]

How do you lower the humidity for your sand boa.

[@usernamedaniedmrg]

Aidan Gillette a sock with rice in it

[@inyyxcustoms5271]

Thank you so much for this video! I bought a used enclosure for my new hognose snake and I hadn’t thought to check the mesh for loose areas because it all looked secure. I just found an area on the lid where the mesh is loose and popped out from the lid. She’s too small right now to reach the top but it gives me the opportunity to fix it before she gets big enough to reach it. Edit: turns out the way the lid was constructed made it super easy to fix so I’ve already taken care of it.

[@chomperthebadger9866]

I've only had one escapee. My baby corn snake. (Shocking I know!) He was out withing hours of getting him and setting him up in a tub I thought was secure enough. Sure know better now! Found him within a few minutes of panicked, tear-filled searching. He was curled in a box maybe 2 or 3 feet away from his tub. Lesson learned. I. Lock. All. Things. Down. Now. I do my best to keep them contained. Not because I'm afraid of what they'll do if they get out. Because I'm afraid what the world will do to my poor, spoiled rotten, never wanting for a darned thing, wouldn't know how to care for themselves if a wikihow booped them in the snoot, noodle babies!

[@edensaysacab]

my corn escaped an hour ago, I pulled up this video, looked around in a blind panic, then found him less than five feet away from his tank. thank you for presenting this content in such a calm way

[@audreyshandria5616]

Me:Mom!!!look!this snakes looks cute!!! Can i keep one??? My mom:*Thinks about anakonda* My mom:ARE YOU KIDDING?!?!?OFCOURSE NOT!!!!IT CAN SWALLOW YOU AND THEN KILL YOU!!! -snakes that i wanted: -Cornsnakes Just.... WHY?!??!

[@honeeeyyy_5871]

Audrey Shandria I feel you 😂 at first my mom was like “NO! What if it kills the cats or hurts someone”, but now she has warmed up to my idea of getting a corn snake and she’s thinking about it

[@lindajohnson2950]

My grandsons found a very young King snake and we put it into an enclosure. It seemed happy. It shed it's skin on the 5th day, so we know it had been 21 inches long. It has been eating really well, but I think it needed larger prey than the pinkies we had. We fed it after 2 days and it struck at the fook for the first time. I didn't think it could go up the glass sides that are 18 inches, but it has escaped, only 8 days after we put it in the aquarium. Unfortunately we did not have a weight on the lid. 😕 I pray we can find it tomorrow morning. Great video! I wish i had watched it a week ago!

[@DaybirdAviaries]

Thank you for always shining a positive light on herpetology. (That other guy is a joke.)

[@GoHerping]

Thanks!

[@daemonwhitebeard6590]

I have a friend of mine from Tennessee who had a Ball Python who was an escape artist. He used a Tennessee Phone Book (back when Phone Books were big, heavy, and still in use) to keep her in. She was STILL strong enough to push open the top and get out. I can't remember off the top of my head how he kept her in.

[@gamzee3610]

BREAKING *GOOD* REPTILE NEWS They're neat!

[@chelseaditchfield2833]

I work in a reptile shop, since I've been here, 1 snake has escapes twice, a childrens python (spotted python/stimsons python) once for about an hour, once for 3 days..... I bought her, shes doing really well, hasnt escaped in my house yet, I adore her, shes just nosy and loves exploring, I'm not worried about her escaping

[@Nz-tm3gs]

1:54 *-S H O T S F I R E D-*

[@kywilliams1583]

i have a ball python and a corn snake and neither of them have escaped from their cages in the two years ive been keeping. I have however forgotten about my ball python when i let him free roam on top of his cage when he was small and he was five feet away calmly moving toward the closet after about 25minutes.

[@Me-dt3ul]

I love Brian and don't think he deserves to be called out because of a few videos. I think he is very important for the reptile community.

[@PredictableEnigma]

I think you can still love someone's work but that doesn't mean you should never criticise thier mistakes

[@Bettersucksaul]

No

[@eliegbert8121]

my uncle owned a ball python and kept it on the back porch (we live in mississippi so the temp. is perfect for it) one day it escaped into the backyard and my great grandmother wouldnt go on the back porch for several years!

[@rn4796]

I left my snake on my couch and he disappeared and i was crying and i was just like what the frick but then i see a lil head coming from between my washer and dryer and i was like THANK U OMFG

[@johngabana1988]

Your channel is more educational and serious which I would recommend for a beginner or someone who isn't to find of snakes but then on the other hand Brian's channel is more fun and playful more like people who do like snakes and other reptiles because his channel actually shows what it's like to own and take care of these animals but either way you both are very knowledgeable about what you do and both have amazing channels keep it up

[@kai.7406]

Hmm, she even got pregnant when she escaped.

[@neversaw]

Kai's Pythons she was on a hell of a spring break

[@thefolder69]

Rebellious

[@kitsudon6286]

My dog was barking at our sink one day, and I realised that the lid to my green anole was open, so we looked through all the mechanics under our sink, and found him chilling on the hot water pipe. Sneaky little booger.

[@gigikate623]

My snake escaped and e found her in our garage 4 years later.

[@GetOffMyy]

Gwens Geckos lol?

[@gigikate623]

Honestly we thought she was gone for good, then one day she scared the shit out of my mom. She ended up gravid also

[@ethanz197]

What type of snake?

[@gigikate623]

Ethan Z corn snake.

[@dippydfatty5268]

Alive

[@burtskiboo1022]

I found my baby snake within 2 hours. He was so tiny and managed to get from the viv in my bedroom, off the shelf across the hall into the bathroom and into the boiler cupboard, found him inside a tube. Learnt my lesson and closed off unused holes in the viv. Love my boy!

[@ameliasmenagerie3350]

My solution : literally just keep a fat lazy snake that's not a climber and use a locking lid. Love my blood python

[@atomicpunch8812]

My snake loves exploring but only in her tank. Once I take her out the tank she becomes lazier than sloth.

[@r3ptomaniac190]

I have a blood too. I'm 99% sure if I took his lid off he wouldn't even notice cause he's too busy burrowing.

[@prestigenoob6355]

My baby crestie escaped today and she moved a whole 3 INCHES away from her enclosure. I found her sleeping between my make-up bag and a bag of Takis.

[@prestigenoob6355]

@CONNOR MCCABE I should change her name to Takis😂

[@prestigenoob6355]

Fun fact! My other crestie would rather burn in his tank than think about escaping.

[@davidism583]

Umm. Soo we just gonna ignore the potato video? This is clearly a clone

[@emmaevans4651]

For my brothers corn snake we had to tape the lid closed every time we opened it and stuck books on top or else he’d get out at night and he’d sometimes get out with the tape still on and we’d check and it would still be fully taped, but he just wasn’t in there lmao

[@Mexicandougremer]

There was this article in Australia about a hamster and a snake being best friends

[@rebeccaliebregts]

I had my terrarium left open ONCE. When our place got broken into. The windows were (broken) open and everything. Turns out the little girl was still just chilling inside. I was so relieved.

[@hellomott000]

My ball python Valerii once went on an adventure, 12 feet away by the heater and under a blanket. I left work early I was so worried, she was absolutely fine and again, only 12 feet from her enclosure.

[@cocowake5892]

I don't have the article but there was a story about an emotional support snake in a pediatric hospital Edit: This was a good story. He went from room to room helping sick kids with painful or stressful moments and treatments

[@ava.and.jasper]

My corn snake usually just hangs out at the doorway when I open his enclosure. He'll stick his head out and sometimes slither away but mostly he just wants to be where he feels safe... which also includes piles of laundry

[@marcybyus2612]

I had Prince Charming, my new ball python escape his enclosure and was gone about a week before I found him. I was so happy when I heard a noise and it was him in my laundry room! We bought the clips that you showed in this episode and he didn’t get out after that. 🐍

[@emmabauer3325]

So is nobody else gonna talk about how cute it was when Herping’s snake rose up just to go in his hair? No? Just me? Cuz that was adorable

[@centaur00me]

A work colleague of mine lost her cornsnake in a hotel once while working away (I was in an animal encounters company). Just woke up and he wasn't in his RUB. Can't imagine the conversation with hotel staff and management! Luckily he was found!