I lost my baby Kyros for 3 weeks once.. it was the worst 3 weeks of my life. then one day I was sitting in my room and looking at pictures of him on my camera and all of a sudden( between sobs i might add) I heard something that sounded like a tiny hiss comming from the other corner of my room. I immediatly ran to check it out.... He wasn't there.... then i heard a little sneeze. "KI!!!!" I exclaimed in excitement. He had slithered into a zipped up binder i had on the floor. OMG i was so happy to have my baby back. Needless to say I took him to the vet strait away and he got a clean bill of health. Now I keep 3 dictionaries, and a few of my high school year books over the lid to his cage now.