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Please promise me if and when you find her you take her to the nearest pet store humane society and turn her in,might want to turn in the scorpions too one or two of those get loose it's at best pain full saw a guy get bit in saudi ruined his day. So please just do the right thing .
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WOW, thats quite a dilemma. Well i don't really know where she could be you better check EVERYWHERE though she could be up under the seats or inbetween seats or anywhere. Hopefully shes okay. Maybe you shouldve brought a secure carrying case if you were taking her out with you. Although why would you take her out with you to eat with someone who you weren't sure if they liked snakes or not??? Snakes aren't really pets that should be brought out with you, maybe you should get a little dog or something? :weirdface
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Well the other day I fed her in her inclosure (1st mistake)
OKay - not a mistake. A lot of people feed in their enclosure.
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Yesturday I get home and notice her in my scorpion tank next to the heater, i look at her tank and notice I left it alittle open (second mistake).)
Uumm...wow - i would make "getting clips for the snake's tank" #1 thing to do tomorrow. We've all lost snakes before, and that's how we learn, but having it end up in the scorpion tank is just every reason more to get that taken care of tomorrow.
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put her in the back seat in a Jack in the Box bag(forth mistake)
If you didn't figure it out from the snake ending up in the scorpion tank, bp's are escape artists. No way is it going to stay in a paper bag.
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Any tips to get her out or to look for her
In a car??? That's a rough one because there are ssoooo many places she could go. Hopefully she hasn't climbed in the engine compartment or outside of the car completely! The only thing to do is look in every crevice-under seats (even the back ones), pop open the dash, look all in the engine... oh man i hope you find her.
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I kinda knew that I was going to get a lot of criticism for this :(. But I swear I'm normally not that stupid. I wasn't going to eat just going to pick up my friend (who i assumed had eaten) and go to his house. I actually had an empty 10 gallon tank I left in his house a while back that turned out to be missing. So my plan was to put her in the empty tank for a little while. And her tank doesn't need clips it's a slider but I do have a lock on it. Honesty her tank is set up way up high on top of my T.V set-up that I have to climb a little stool to reach it. The stool wasn't in my room so I just took her with me. I'm usually very carefull when it comes to my pets and this is the first time I take her out of the house. I was thinking that mayber I could get a tempary heat pad from CVS or get a dead mouse in the car to lure it out. What do you guys think?
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i bet she's found a way out of the car and is roaming the neighborhood lookin for a chihuaha lol
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a chihuaha??? I hope the next time you invest in an animal you are more responsible in making sure you can properly take care of the poor thing. Wow!!!
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I hope not. I kind left the windos open. Just a crack so that it doesn't get to hot in there. But way to small to fit. I'm sorry guys that was irresponsible of me but trust me I learned from my mistake. And McAdry I promise to be a better owner but i'm not giving my python away. Sorry.
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What kinda car are we talking about, and are you prepared to strip it completly out? My guess is it made its way towards the heater core under the dash.
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It's a 93 Honda Civic. And yeah I am. Guess I have a lot of things to remove huh? Can we please stop with the criticism I know I was wrong and irresponsible but I'm really not like that. Look at my list of pets l I wouldn't keep all of those if I tought I wasn't responsible enough and I swear the only other escapes I've ever had was my dog running away after a neighbor of mine left my gate open.
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Don't wait or that will be your ummm 5th? mistake. I dont' know how much you know about car interiors but its not so sealed as it appears. Your snake is most likely behind the seats or up under the dash.
You need to start pulling panels off and figure out how to pull the seats. If that doesn't work try the dash. Look in the trunk and under the spare tire.
If you don't know how to do all of this you should find a mechanic who's not scared of snakes and get him to do it ASAP - otherwise you are giving your snake away.
But - I guess one thing you could try before all of that is baiting. There are some schemes around for how to do it best. The fact that you just fed your snake is both good and bad here. Its bad because the baiting might not work and its good because they tend to be less active when they aren't hungry.
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My post was completly serious, First off look online on how to remove the dash. DO this QUICK dont wait a week and then do it, because odds are there a rubber grommet holes, he can get out and thru the firewall. If he's not under the dash, then I would start taking off door panels yes Door panel's you'd be surprised. Then I'd remove the back seat completly. Odd's are if you dont find him there, then he escaped alreadyl. Just trying to give you some tips, no critisism in any way.
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agreed and I must stress that if you don't know what you're doing (i.e. don't work on cars) then go to a mechanic. Depending on his size and the manufacture of the vehicle he may be able to escape through the firewall or trunk. And don't forget the air-ducts. There is almost certainly a passage way out big enough for any ball. Using my old celica as an example, he could easily be in the debris catch of your vent fan. Which brings up another point - you are risking the snake if you drive the car. If you must drive it:
1) Do the best check you can under the hood.
2) don't use the air conditioner or heater or fan.
3) Don't adjust the seats - ujnless you're looking for him and then do it very carefully and only while you are watching underneath the seat at the same time.
4) Don't drive fast and avoid driving very far.
Glove box - it may be accessible from the back.
In the mean-time, try baiting and putting a heating pad on low heat in the car and put a hide over the top of it.
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UPDATE: I found her. I had looked under the back seats like 3 times and the last time she was just there curled up. She's doing good had another meal yesturday and seems to be acting normal. Thanks for everything guys.
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UPDATE: I found her.
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Glad you found her thats a great relief!!!!
Please get that little one set-up right and be more careful next time.
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Yeah, sorry I totally was about to say, that feeding inside the tank isnt a mistake. I feed all my snakes in their enclosures, and tons of people do it.
