I have a small pet corn snake; i got him for Christmas. His name is Diablo, and I absolutely love him. He is extremely even tempered, and had never given me any trouble. Until about a week ago.
Last Thursday, which is his feeding day, I invited my boyfriend Nathan over to watch him eat; it's a pretty interesting show. Prior to feeding him, I don't handle him, because I don't want to associate playing with eating; I hadn't held him at all that day. So Nathan arrives, I have the mouse thawed, and ready to go, and I go to Diablo's cage to get him. I open the cage, and look in his usual hiding places. Diablo is nowhere to be found.
I obviously begin to panic. My pet snake is missing. My first assumption is that I have an evil sibling who is playing a very inconsiderate trick on me. But soon enough, I discover that Diablo is actually an accomplished escape artist. The entire household was in crisis mode.
Meanwhile, I am very embarrassed that I had invited Nathan over to see a show, and while he did get quite the show put on by my panicking family, it was not at all what I had in mind. And although my sweet best friend was very gracious about the haphazard scene, I still think that it was very unfortunate that Nathan had to witness that kind of chaos.
We finally found the snake, and got him fed. All seemed serene, but it didn't last long. I checked for Diablo the next morning, and he, again, was nowhere to be found. I tore apart my room, and found him five minutes before I had to leave for class. That little guy caused me a lot of stress, but eventually we figured out how he was escaping, and prevented his future adventures.
Moral of the story: Snakes are the best pets. You only have to feed them once a week, and they are just really cool. (: But if you are going to invite someone over to see your snake eat, make sure your said snake is, in fact, in its cage before you proceed.
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