Lost IJCP

That's great! So where did you find her?

She was slithering across the top of the toychest/bench I've had for ages that half of the tarantula's usually sit on.

The T room was storage for a long time, and it's also the room with all of the cinderblock bookshelves. The T room still has a ton of stuff in it, just piled in places. I suspected she was hidding in there, but with Butter's moving around making noise in her cage, it was impossible to tell if Butter's was the only one making noise. Once I got butter's out and it was dark in the majority of the apartment and quiet, she came out. It also helped that I locked up the cat.

Yeah, the cats and other intentionally free-roaming critters do tend to discourage them from showing themselves. I'm glad she showed up pretty quickly for you.

Wow I am glad u found him.. Not a cheap snake to lose..lol.. Congrats

Her acutally :P Neither one of the IJCP's is a cheap snake to lose. Issa would have been easier to find, he's bigger :)

Man, about 2 weeks ago she got out again. I typically feed her first out of the snakes and I was starting to freak after I realized she wasn't in her rubbermaid and that I hadn't seen her in there in a couple days.

I ran around and finished feeding everybody else. I had just fed butters, who lives in the invertebrate room, when I turned around and she was right behind me! There must be something about the invert room that she likes. She was climbing all over the wire shelves, and it took me a few minute to get her untangled and properly fed.

She's living in a new rubbermaid enclosure now. She needed a bigger one, and it was way to easy to pop lid slightly with the thickness of the thermostat cords.

Glad she's back safe and sound.


~~Jo~~

Congrats on finding her! It's such a relief when you find them unharmed. My hamster got out sometime yesterday (I believe with help from my 3 yr old) and I noticed it last night. Total freak out! I have two dogs and my cat were all inside for the majority of yesterday. I figured I was looking for a little dead body. I kept calling her and when I checked my son's closet she came right to me!! Amazing, awesome and total RELIEF!

so were you walking around your house yelling "pooh pooh"?

hamsters come when you call them?

No I wasn't calling her name ... whenever I want her to come out of her hide I always clicked my tongue and she came out. Which was usually followed by hand feeding. (kinda the sound you would make to a squirrel or horse) She's conditioned to come to me to get food, so after her adventure I guess she was REALLY hungry! So she came right to me! It was great!