Near Disaster- let my guard down !

[flybyferns]

Good Morning,

Check , check and double check !!!!!

I have 2 pair breeding pair R imitator "Varadero" living very happily together in a exo ( 18 x 18 x 24 H)

I came home later than usual Thursday afternoon. The 1st thing I wanted to do was to feed the darts. I'm a nurse..I do not wear nursing scrubs ;I wear a lab coat. I proceeded to feed all 3 Darts tanks.. To give those reading this ....the concept of how much time passed.......I always start with the imitators first.

When done feeding .....I had to walk about 15 feet to the laundry area to throw my lab coat into the hamper. I took it off ...placed it over the top of one of the hampers. Walked back to the racks to get the cricket bowls out of the tree frog enclosures. Walked back to the laundry area ( the sink is there ) .

And one of my male imitators was sitting on my lab jacket. He must have jumped on my arm
My cats - both- were at my feet ! Begging for dinner! So much time had passed.... at least 15 minutes, since I had fed them.

He is fine ,after a very long soak, and hid all night. Friday morning and this morning is is looking and acting perfectly normal! Thank goodness! This AM he is sitting in his favorite spot on the moss vine ............singing away !

They jump on my arms time to time, and they are always on the glass near the doors.
I'm very careful when I open up, taking a head count first AND after. I let my guard down

I'm very lucky. I used to call him "Baby" as he is my smallest. His new name is "Houdini"

Here's an example of how careful one needs to be! Just took these photos.
This is a female---on the door and near the hinge ( same frog )
If this door were to be opened....She would swing out with the opening door ! Hovering over the floor !


Lynn

[Mentat]

Lucky for Houdini; it was you and not the cats that found him .

[flybyferns]

Lucky for Houdini; it was you and not the cats that found him .

Tell me about it !
Makes me sick to think of what could have happened to him

[paul3col]

A lucky escape for Houdini.

[deranged chipmunk]

and that is precisely why i plan to start building any new additional tanks (after the ones i have in storage) by hand. they will all be custom designed, wooden enclosures. no more escapes for me. glad you were able to find the little bugger

[flybyferns]

and that is precisely why i plan to start building any new additional tanks (after the ones i have in storage) by hand. they will all be custom designed, wooden enclosures. no more escapes for me. glad you were able to find the little bugger

Thanks Bill.
He is ..........a 'little bugger'.

It's my fault though... they can't escape unless the doors are opened.
Any tank has an entry

Lynn

[deranged chipmunk]

very true Lynn, all tanks have an entry point, but the one i designed has sliding doors vs. hinged to prevent "hanger ons" and a special feeding door on the top of the viv. ;

[DartEd]

Wow, good save Lynn. That was a close one.

[flybyferns]

very true Lynn, all tanks have an entry point, but the one i designed has sliding doors vs. hinged to prevent "hanger ons" and a special feeding door on the top of the viv. ;

Sounds great, Bill !
Hope to hear more about it soon.

[flybyferns]

Wow, good save Lynn. That was a close one.

Sure was a close one.
Good save ? I call it lucky I decided to clean cricket bowls instead of starting dinner.
Poor baby. Thanks goodness he's fine.
Remember , we had a conversation about how they are always near the doors.

[DartEd]

I remember the exact conversation you refer to. I'm so glad it worked out positively

[Heatheranne]

I'm glad he held on and you saw him. My cobalts are door stalkers too. And they scoot so quickly.