Repeat Offender, any ideas?

Dimidiata

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This is just getting stupid now -_-. My lovely KSB, who im now guessing is male, has repeatedly escaped and attempted escape, despite my actions. I have locks on the lid, the pressure metal clips. He got out. I put weight on lid AND used the clips, he got out. Now i find out that he got out while i was gone and went UP the rack to the gecko tank(thats a good 6ft climb) and was sitting on top. No way should he be able to do this, so my stepfather went ahead while i was gone and duck taped the bloody lid to the tank. Which seems to have worked, he just has to undo and redo it every time i get into the tank. My mom told me that hes been getting very active and antsy latley too, which is out of the norm. When i got home today from newyork the little bugger was hanging upside down from the lid, belly scales gripping the wire. YEAH. Fantastic.

My next solution will be a bigger tank, which may be a littl over due. I figured a 17" inactive snake with a tank full of substrate to dig in would be ok in the 10gal. I guessed wrong. Im going to look for something longer now. maybe a 20gal, or just a longer/shorter 10gal. Any ideas how i can keep him from scaling the silicone seal on the corners?

On the bright side, at least i know the little guy is healthy, though, im still weighting for a shed(been almost a year now) from the little pig(eats like a champ now a days). Also, could the season be effecting his attitude?
 

marauderhex

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My advice is to get a front opening enclosure, like the ones from Animal Plastics, or the ones I have. If he is still getting out, you're leaving the latches undone.
 

Dimidiata

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Thats the kind i was trying to find, but im short on the money right now and i have to get a bunch of new fish supplies due to a heater meltdown in my big community(all in all, im screwed). SO, i was thinking maybe a pin top, with the lid that slides over the tank and locks with a pin and a lock?
 

The Gecko Person

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Get a latching storage bin. Some brands make 28 quart sizes. They are cheap, light, and escape proof. Even possessed California king snakes can't escape from them.
 

Dimidiata

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Seeing as she escaped the day i posted the last post, i got a Boa proof tank off my friend. Even his determined Blood couldnt get out. She shed, decided she was hungry and then jumped tank.
 

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