Andrew usually cleans out the snake cage. (For once you can ignore the cats in this photo, this is mainly to give everyone an idea of our snake set up.)
![Snake Tank with Kittens](http://www.uncle-andrew.net/blog/pics/snake-tank.jpg)
Taller than I, with longer arms, and unencumbered by boobs it is much easier for Andrew to reach the bottom of the snake tank and wipe it out. I usually participate by holding the snakes and keeping the cats away from them.
But Andrew is at the farm today and besides he’s been on a weight lifting restriction since his elbow surgery. So today it was me putting the snake tank back together after we’d fed Chuck and Sally.
And there I was, carefully putting the water tank into the snake tank when I thought “Gosh, wouldn’t it be terribly un-funny if this water tank were to slip and” GA-BLOOSH!
So I can say with authority that the aquarium that houses our snakes is, in fact, water tight. I also know that our living room is tilted ever so slightly to the west because the water formed a nice lagoon on that end of the snake tank and just a shallow puddle on the other end.
But that’s really information that I could have done without knowing. 🙄