Please help!

[jtyson123]

Still no luck searching today. I got a call today and someone gave me an idea I would like to run past you guys and see what you think. I tried the thawed rat to attract him, and no luck. But this guy suggested I take a live rat, tie a string around its middle and the other end to a brick. Then let it have a little lead to run with. Maybe it would be like fishing. I know I would have to use a cotton string so if he did eat the rat he could digest it without harm. But the downside to this idea is that the rat will likely chew through the string fairly quickly.

When that happens, I will have a rat loose in my garage. Which at that point, I can put out a little bread, and if it disappears the rat is still alive, if it doesn't maybe the snake ate it and I know he is still there. What does everyone think???

I am just stressing big time about this little guy getting outside and freezing to death or having one of the neighbors dogs get him. Plus he is my het pied match for my female so I don't want to have to look for another one of those!

[dr del]

Hi,

The string and brick thing is a bad idea all round I think. The rat could eat through the sting in zero seconds flat so all you would do is have two animals loose instead of one.

You could put the live rat in a cage with a heated hidebox nearby. Actually having him eat the rat and then go hide and not move for a couple of days would probably make it harder to find him.


dr del

[jtyson123]

Sorry to keep posting over and over. Update for today, I gutted the entire second side of the garage. I searched through every box, in every crack and crevice and nothing still! I need more ideas. I hate to just give up looking for the little guy. My snakes are like my children.

Please if you have any suggestions, throw them at me. I am trying just about everything and anything now.

[jtyson123]

Hi,

The string and brick thing is a bad idea all round I think. The rat could eat through the sting in zero seconds flat so all you would do is have two animals loose instead of one.

You could put the live rat in a cage with a heated hidebox nearby. Actually having him eat the rat and then go hide and not move for a couple of days would probably make it harder to find him.


dr del

Okay I will pass on the live rat and brick idea then. So maybe I should get like one of those wire rat cages and a live is what you are thinking? Then maybe he could get in and eat it and then go hide? He may be starting to get hungry. He eats every Saturday so he is a day late for his meal. We don't really have a mice/rat problem in my garage so he will need food eventually.

[jtyson123]

Decided to get some wire cages and tomorrow I will pick up some hoppers and hope the little guy sees/smells them, crawls in and eats one and can't fit to get back out. Wish me luck!

[Vypyrz]

If you have any appliances in your garage like a washer/ dryer or refridgerator, anything with a motor or compressor that would generate heat, look in and behind those areas as well...

[Foschi Exotic Serpents]

Im really not sure what more can be said to help you out. Did you look the hardest right around the area of the tub he was in? You say you put down flour but you have seen no tracks right? It sounds like he went somewhere and hasnt moved much if at all. When you look again, get on your hands and knees and crawl around. From that view look for anything he may have been able to climb up on. Anything he may have gotten under. I hope you find him. Its really stressful to have one of your snakes escape but you need to slow down and be calm when looking or you will miss something potentially important.

[jtyson123]

Im really not sure what more can be said to help you out. Did you look the hardest right around the area of the tub he was in? You say you put down flour but you have seen no tracks right? It sounds like he went somewhere and hasnt moved much if at all. When you look again, get on your hands and knees and crawl around. From that view look for anything he may have been able to climb up on. Anything he may have gotten under. I hope you find him. Its really stressful to have one of your snakes escape but you need to slow down and be calm when looking or you will miss something potentially important.

I did tear the room apart looking for him. No luck. I floured the floor for one night, then I started cleaning both garages looking high and low. I have checked all appliances. I am going to try to live rats in the wire cages for a few days and see what we get. Prayers go out now and hope the little guy shows up. If not, oh well I guess. Its my fault!

[Danounet]

I feel your pain... I lost my first bp. She still missing and I have to finish moving out tomorrow

[jtyson123]

I feel your pain... I lost my first bp. She still missing and I have to finish moving out tomorrow

Sorry to hear that! Maybe you will be fortunate and the landlord will find her tomorrow right after you leave and call you!