Mia

This morning I woke up and went to turn on the Cresties light (more for the plants than them) and usually I love this time because they are all out and wondering around. This morning the lid was slightly jarred open and two of the three were missing. Any ideas where I should start to look? My house is huge and the two MIAs are only a couple inches long. Any help would be appreciated.

~Jim

look up. they probably have climbed upward and found a place to hide and sleep for the day. since they will be sleeping right now it may be easier to find them tonight when they are active. you can turn out the lights and sit in the room with a flashlight and listen for them to start rustling around. they may also migrate toward anything that is warm--a light, the top of the fridge (if that's closeby), etc. good luck and keep us updated.

No luck yet, but I'll try again when I get up to go to work at 3:00 am. Look Up, got it...thank you.

if you sit long enough with the lights out you'll hear them scurrying around. :)

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Originally Posted by mlededee

[...]the top of the fridge (if that's closeby)[...]

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Or the back of the fridge! It's pretty warm back there. In which room were they let loose, and was the room sealed by a door?

No man. I have a huge house too. The room they were in is the living room where I have a beautiful 55g octagon setup on a wood stand in the corner. That room is in the middle of the $%^& house. I'll look on the back of the fridge. Wish me luck.

~Jim

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Originally Posted by mlededee

if you sit long enough with the lights out you'll hear them scurrying around. :)

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I work at 3:30 in the morning..if I don't hear them then I'll have to wait up the next night.

Well, unless your house gets cold at night, I would't be too worried about much bad happening to them in that respect. Make sure you tell your parents/roommates/dog not to leave any windows or doors open (ha, not in Syracuse at this time of year, but you never know!). I know it's common sense, just trying to remind you...

Good luck, man! Keep us updated, and get up a couple hours early for work with a book or something, and keep your ears open!

I own the house, but I have been keeping my daughter's cat locked up when we are not home. No luck this morning. ~Jim

you might want to leave some cgd or baby food out for them on top of their enclosure. that might lure them down and also ensure that they have something to eat while they are out and about. good luck!

Good idea!!! No luck yet, but the cat got sick this morning. I hope he didn't get one... :(

sick as in threw up? if he actually ate one i'd imagine you would have seen some pretty concrete evidence in the vomit. crossing my fingers for you...

Found one! The smallest of the two that went MIA. Yippee! If he is still alive then the other could easily be too. Yippeee.....

hurray! :w00t: they are pretty tough little guys. just keep looking!

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Originally Posted by jim020cricket

Found one! The smallest of the two that went MIA. Yippee! If he is still alive then the other could easily be too. Yippeee.....

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Oh, outstanding!!! Where'd you find the little bugger? Man, I was wondering about you last night, too! I'm glad you're getting some success in finding them...

Believe it or not I got up this morning to go to work, and I have been creeping around the house every morning doing a quick search, and I glanced around the living room after turning on the lights and didn't see anything. I was about to leave to go to work and he was sitting on the window sill. I don't know how I saw him he blended right in, but I did. He was so cold and skinny and dry. I misted him, then misted his tank really good, I made up some CGD real quick and by the time I got back he was licking the leaves in his tank furiously and jumped down as soon as I put the CGD in to eat. I am so happy, thanks for all the support.

~Jim

you might want to make a humid hide and/or leave a very shallow dish of water for him to drink out of for the next few days to rehydrate himself. sounds like he will recover from his little excursion just fine. :) i'm keeping my fingers crossed that the other one will show up soon for you too!

Good deal glad to hear you have found one, i had a scare like that once but i stared to clean everything out of the room to find him here he was on my lower section of my TV stand lol hiding. Happy to hear your haveing luck with finding them

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Originally Posted by mlededee

you might want to make a humid hide and/or leave a very shallow dish of water for him to drink out of for the next few days to rehydrate himself. sounds like he will recover from his little excursion just fine. :) i'm keeping my fingers crossed that the other one will show up soon for you too!

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They are in a 55g octagon that is fully alive with soil and plants. The humidity in it is like a rainforest LOL. I've never seen it under 65% (more like 75%), but I'll continue to it mist it bunches during the day so the little guy will rehydrate fast.

On to the next one, where is that little sh........

Wonderful! Glad to hear you found one now I hope the other is close by. I think if your cat nailed it and then threw up, you'd have likely seen some evidence of the remains. Hopefully you will find the other soon.


~~Jo~~

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

Wonderful! Glad to hear you found one now I hope the other is close by. I think if your cat nailed it and then threw up, you'd have likely seen some evidence of the remains. Hopefully you will find the other soon.


~~Jo~~

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I hope you are right Jo, but I didn't clean it up...my girlfriend did. So, I never had the chance to examine it myself. Cross those fingers!!!

~Jim

even so i think she would have noticed. cats don't really chew things up that well. i think she would have definitely seen parts or pretty conclusive evidence.

Man, I hope you're right! Cross'em.

Although, she might've and not told me...we're splitting up after the holidays.

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Found him!!! Little bugger jumped right on my shirt this morning. Yippee!!! All back and in their home.

~Jim

Wow! That's great. :clap: He was like - here I am already, now feed me! ;) Congrats.

Yup, little scrapper he is. He was the biggest of the bunch and is still doing great too! Little dehydrated, but I fixed that. I was really worried too, he was by far the prettiest of the three. Glad they are all home!

11 days out, wow can't imagine not eating for that long. I go 11 minutes and I'm hungry :D

~Jim

Oh excellent! I was so hoping that the cat didn't have him for a snack!

Maybe he found something to nibble on. A guy at Mike's work had an sub-adult cornsnake get loose. Nine full months later his wife, who btw does NOT like snakes, walks into the diningroom and there is Mr. Cornsnake snoozing in a sunbeam coming in through the window. Didn't look that much worse for the wear either apparently. They hadn't seen any indication of his presence at all around the house, then suddenly he's there again LOL.


~~Jo~~

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Found him!!! Little bugger jumped right on my shirt this morning. Yippee!!! All back and in their home.

~Jim

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Oh, that's awesome! That's funny that he actually jumped onto your shirt, too! Sounds like he recognizes you; you've probably got one hell of a friend there in that Crestie :D

awesome! glad to hear everyone is back where they belong. i'm sure they will be relieved to have their usual care back whether they realize it or not. :P