[Rick Lee]

I've had snakes and two of them got out. One was a Reticulated Python, which can be testy and grow quite large. It was when I lived in DC and it was pretty cold in the apt. Snake got out and coiled around my leg for warmth. He was about 4-5' long then. I must have looked like a huge mass of heat to him in that cold room.

My old Redtail Boa was a ferocious eater, great entertainment. He knew the second I walked into the house with live prey in a box. He could barely move for weeks, but walk in the house with a live rat, and he went into a frenzy almost immediately. BTW, they go up to a year without eating, so a few weeks is nothing to worry about.