i have a bit of a problem and i need help in a timely fashion

...so my snake is in the radiator. How do i get him out. I was thinking a mouse to entice him but i dont have one here.

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Originally Posted by shining apprentice

...so my snake is in the radiator. How do i get him out. I was thinking a mouse to entice him but i dont have one here.

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Depending on the radiator. Pictures may help.

good Luck!
Jim Smith

shut off the radiator and make a more enticing warm spot for him?

Get a mouse to lure him out with?

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hopefully those work

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http://webmail.aol.com/30746-111/aim...Inbox&partId=2

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hopefully those work

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Save the pictures and put it in photobucket.
If you can take the radiator apart then do it.

:O What the............

I have no idea as I don't even know what a radiator is doing in a house??? I assume it is some kind of heating thing??

If so then definetly shut it off so it doesn't cook your snake. But that's all I got for ya...sorry

i cant take it apart but i turned the heat down to 40 which is as low as it will go. Can the links not be seen? I dont know how photobucket works.

No...cant see the links what so ever. I might plug in a heat pad under a box near the radiator thing. Get yourself a FT mouse or a fresh killed and put it in the box.

By the way...how do you know it is there?

I can not see the pics either. I do not know how radiators work but is it possible for you to spray him/her with a water bottle WITHOUT possibly starting a fire to get him/her out?

im trying to sign up for photobucket but there telling me it costs 24 dollars...

alright i think i got it


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im trying to sign up for photobucket but there telling me it costs 24 dollars...

alright i think i got it


http://s955.photobucket.com/home/shi...prentice/index

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http://imageshack.us/ is good to

Intersting looking radiator.

Good luck. I wouldn't know where to start taking that apart!

i slid a piece of cardboard in it so that he cant move back any farther and ive been trying to inch him over with rulers but thats not working... i set up a heat lamp on the side hes moving towards but he hasnt moved towards it in a good 30min. Also i have to go to work(im already 30 min late) if i leave him there what are the chances hes gonna get out and go somewhere else.

Well I wouldn't really recommend taking the radiator apart. It looks like maybe a Gas/Oil. Do you know what type it is?? Tho def shut the heater off and maybe like the rest said use a F/T or prekilled mouse and see if he will come out. Put box beside the radiator and a heating pad or something to get it warm and hopefully the room will chill and force him to look for something warmer. just keep a eye on him hopefully it wont be to long and he will come out

its water so i guess its gas

he eats live and i have to be at work so i cant run out to the pet store thats 20 minutes away.

1) Turn the radiator off.
2) Create a hot spot somewhere in the room well away from where his is, and make sure it has a hiding place (a box with a small hole in it overtop of a hot pad)
3) Bait him out with a mouse that he can sense. Make sure the mouse is secure, you don't want mice in your walls.
4) He'll most likely be out a night so you'll have to leave the bait out. Setting this up at night would be good.
5) He should eat the mouse and want to find a nice warm, dark place to digest.

Either all that, or take apart the radiator. I can assure you, you wont be able to force him out of there easily, if at all.

Patience is key.

i cant take the radiator apart... its cast iron and wieghs at least 100-200 lbs, and all the water would need to be drained from it. Theres no way to turn it off i turned it down to 50 which is as low it goes but thats gonna take awhile. Will it smell a mouse from roughly a foot away? If so ill have my gf try to coax it out when she gets out of work in an hour.

It can smell a mouse as soon as you walk in the door with one. I would put it a little farther than a foot away.

I would put a mouse out under a CHE or red bulb and turn off all the lights in the room and wait quietly.

Make sure you're girlfriend stays with the snake so it doesn't wander about and get stuck somewhere else.

Your snake should be able to sense the mouse regardless of where it is. Keep it in the same room though, and make sure that the hot spot is ready for him near by.

the radiator is in the corner of the room with about 1 foot square empty space i put a box on the floor that had a mouse in it and i put a heat lamp above it thats hanging off the radiator... should i move the heat lamp somewhere else so he has to move a ways.

the only reason im not sure about all this is that if he comes out hes going into a corner that isnt very accessible.

He'll go to the warmest, darkest place he can, especially after eatting. The further from the radiator the better, so he doesn't go back into it.

dont mess with him so much. he wil come out eventually. if you keep messing with him hes just gonna tense up and stay there. he will come out eventually. just dont stress it. set up some bait and take a few deep breaths and wait!

maybe pour some water on him.

Not to be a Debbie downer, but I hope he hasn't gotten burned. I remember when I was a wee lad, and my grandma had one of those at her house. My brothers and sisters and I would see how long we could keep our hand on it -- usually only about 2 or 3 seconds.

Good thing you turned it off (or down). Like others said -- I think he will go elsewhere once it is dark and he doesn't feel threatened -- and with the possibilitey of food. I am sure he is stressed right now!

Good luck!

-- George

try putting his hide along the wall with a light over it to keep it warm. he will eventually crawl over and curl up in there. good luck

i went to work at 3 and by the time my girlfriend came home at 4 he was on the ground underneath it... thanks for all the suggestions.

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa......I am glad he is safe and sound!!!