My Pied escaped on Monday. My own dumb fault. I tore the house apart on the first night, no luck. I put out a heat source on Tuesday morning, but when I got home from work it was so hot in the house that I unplugged the heat for all my BP's. I continued the search Tuesday & Wednesday. Both nights I put out a f/t rat next to her water dish in a large, floor level cage with the sliding doors off. Nothing.

It's Thursday now and I'm worried about her in this heat. I'm pretty sure she's not in the kitchen. It's about 90 muggy degrees in there. I'm pretty sure she's not in the bedroom or bathroom. It's running 75 degrees or less due to the window air conditioner and the tile floor feels cold. She's gotta be in the living room, where it's running just over 80 degrees, where the cages are, where she escaped from, but where?

So I put an extra water dish out by the couch. I put paper bags and towels around it. I sprinkled some baking soda around the water dish so I can tell if she drinks any. I put plastic bags along the walls to make noise. I'll put out another rat tonight and see if I can catch her.

Tonight's a last ditch effort for me. I can't think of anything else to do. Any ideas?