Haven't found him yet. I even floured the floors. Our house is just too big and we have force air heat! Hopefully he just shows up. In a week I might put out glue traps.
Ah a glue trap WTF is that??:rolleye2:
04-02-2009, 05:04 PM
rebeccabecca
Re: Missing snake thred
The traps you use for rodents/bugs. They stick you it and you can release them with cooking oil. My kids found the little bugger on the front porch as they were opening the door he flew out! Poor boy is cold but safe:)
04-02-2009, 06:15 PM
dizzy
Re: Missing snake thred
Thank goodness you found him... Glue traps sound like a HORRIBLE idea! Do a quick search about snakes stuck in duct tape and read those horror stories. I imagine a glue trap would be about the same, though I'm not positive.
The one and only escape I've had, a few weeks ago my little 08 girl Dali managed to lift the big old lid on the 40 gal I have sectioned off for 2 08s.... I had left the clamp off like a dummy, underestimating her strength.
She didn't even get to the bottom of the tank stand. lol. Thank Goodness.
04-02-2009, 06:29 PM
Ladydragon
Re: Missing snake thred
lets see.. lost my first corn snake hatchling about 9 years ago. searched for it and saw it only once, tried to lure it out with heat and mice, but to no avail. Second corn snake hatchling I lost was about 2 years ago, searched for about two weeks but nothing. had my oldest corn snake make a break for it, but my three year old discovered him in the book shelf across the room from his tub so I got him back. Knock on wood, haven't lost anything else yet and I don't plan on it either. :D
04-02-2009, 06:59 PM
truthsdeceit
Re: Missing snake thred
I left the lid of my Cal. Kingsnakes cage unlatched one time. Didn't realize she was gone till like 2 hours later. My boyfriend was really freaking out because the King was going through her 'teenager' stage and was striking at everything. Made searching for her really nerve racking cause everytime we moved something we thought we'd get bit.
Found her after 3 hours of searching under the bathroom sink, I don't know if she liked it in there, or if all the bathroom product chemicals disorientated her so she stopped moving... either way she was easy to catch, she hunted my fingers into the open and then we pic her up wearing gloves. lol.
She's a sweetie now, very handle-able, that's why we called it the 'teenager' stage.
To everyone who's lost a snake: Goodluck and don't give up, look in all the least likely places and know that they don't die easily, they will turn up.
