kenyan sand boa missing!!!

[Shelby]

I'm so sorry you've lost another.. keep looking!

If you have hard floors you can try sprinkling flour or something similar on the floor, and wait for 'snake tracks' to appear. Just follow them where they lead, and you've got a snake.

[frankykeno]

Restrict your cats to a single room like a bedroom for a couple of days if you can Aleesha. If I was a baby snake I'd never come out with predatory cats prowling around.

[recycling goddess]

well i did a huge check again this morning... and nothing.

i've put more hides out... hoping...

well lock the kitten downstairs for a couple of days and hope neither of the snakes are down there!

[JLC]

I wish there were something more we could do besides offering hopes and well-wishes. But you do have those in abundance!

[recycling goddess]

if i didn't feel like such a looser... that would probably help. my hubby is upset with me cause i'm upset and blaming myself - but i see it as being upset and taking responsibility cause i AM the primary and only caregiver of the snakes and they are gone... so it IS my fault. period. quite simple really.

my focus now... is to find them.

how long can they live without food? any ideas? the corn is a hatchling. only eaten once since around the 7th of june (hatched may 15) (ate july 5th)

and the sand boa is a bit older but still very small. we got her apr 15th and has eaten almost every week since then (except one week when she was heavy in shed)

[recycling goddess]

jo came up with a great idea today. i've thawed a pinkie and placed it on a heating pad with a hide, down in a corner near the snake enclosures (and a few feet away from my desk where we found the snake poo)

our hope is that the heating pad will keep the pinkie warm AND will create a nice cozy spot for the snake to cuddle up.

ya it's warmer than i would like a snake to have... but i don't think it'll cause any damage over the few hours the snake could be on it (as i'll keep checking the hide during the evening until i go to bed.

so hopefully i'll have a snake or two in that hide in the morning!!!

thanks jo!!!

[frankykeno]

Hope it works Aleesha. It's not my original idea, I read it ages ago but can't remember where. I hope it works. It can't hurt to try and see if it could lure them in. Make sure the cats are locked away. They'll steal that pinkie and scare the little snakes.

[recycling goddess]

the cats are locked downstairs and the pinkie is in place... fingers crossed

[Regal Boids]

I hope you get them in the morning! I know how it feels to loose a snake.

-Andre

[frankykeno]

All my crossable bits are crossed for you Aleesha. Come on home little snakes!