The Story of the Escaped Boa Constrictor
Before my husband and I moved into our first house (townhouse actually), we lived in an apartment in Blaine. One day, we came across the startling revelation that our baby rainbow boa constrictor had escaped her aquarium. (insert extreme panic here) We did a cursory search, and found nothing. More panic. Then, I sat down on the floor in front of where her aquarium was, and closed my eyes, and tried to "think like a snake". If I were a snake, on the lam, where would I go first upon aquarium escape? I looked around the room, and about 2' from where the aquarium is a heat vent along the baseboard of the wall. Hmm. Right by the corner where the two walls meet, was small opening, between the wall where the heat vent / pipe thing was. Bingo. If I were a snake, that would be the first place I'd go. I got a flashlight and sure enough. There she was. (well shit) Prior to this discovery, we were getting rea...