Conner is the SAME way! We eventually had to switch Conner and Tess's crates because he could get out of his, too. Poor Tess is in a little smaller crate than her old one, but she fits just fine.

Caution, though - he found his way out of that crate too!
Make sure that you ALWAYS take Payton's collar off before you crate her. She could get it stuck on something while trying to escape and strangle herself. Just something you need to always do with escape artists.