what next...???

soo i got crunchy last weekend.. took her back cos i spotted some mite.. went to pick her up yesterday (sunday) got her home in the tank.. she went a wandering round it.. searched the place and then settled down... at 9:45pm my girlfriend said look at Kellogg, the older on in a larger viv.. i got up and looked (she was all twirled round the new fake plants) and at that time i looked in and saw Crunchy just wandering about her tank...

i sat and watched 24 (does it get any better than this..??) and then at about 11:00 went to bed.. before i went i looked in on the newbie.. and the more i searched the more i got worried,,, not under her hides, not under the paper... not on the branch and not to be seen.. within an hour she escaped.. i have no idea how... well i do. the only possible way would have been if she squeezed between the 2 sliding glass doors... and now she's gone... I'm so pissed... i left food out last night.. searched all round the viv.. but no sign.. it's so small i doubt I'll ever find her..

i dont think I was ever meant to have this snake...

miserable and worried..

Bob

Sit and wait...

My snake Noodles has escaped twice when I had him in the old cage but since the new one he hasn't. He always seemed to reappear arounding feeding time. Hopefully you will be as lucky as I was.

HOW TO FIND A LOOSE SNAKE

Okay, take an empty 2 liter bottle. Cut the top third off. Fill the bottom with a handfull of shavings from your dirtiest mouse cage. (if you don't raise your own, a pet store will gladly give this to you free!) invert the top and press it in snug. Place it near the place you last saw the snake. When it's hungry, it will usually crawl in there for food. Put a couple of water containers around the room to keep it hydrated in the meantime.

I will remember that one

That is a great tip for finding a lost snake...... I will remember that one for the next time, hopefully there won't be a next time.

Traps like the one described above work very well. I recently had an escaped creamsicle turn up in my trap after five days on the run. We tore the house apart twice looking for it. We finally set the trap at the base of the racks and placed a paper towel inside that I had defrosted pinkies on. After two days the snake was curled up inside it!

Same snake trap, but instead of shavings, try putting a frozen/thawed pinkie with a empty flattened toilet paper roll (for a temporary hide) in there and put it under some kind of light so it heats up a bit and spreads the smell around the room. Hopefully the snake will come in, eat the mouse, and then curl up inside the hide tube. When you do find your mouse, obviously you will change its home to something that is escape resistant.
sue

Don't forget masking tape

Green painter's tape, doubled over, sticky side up has caught more than any other method for folks that have called me with escapees. Run it along the length of a wall for about the length of the snake.

What worked for me previously when my corn Irwin escaped was leaving crunchy plastic bags all along the wall in my bedroom (the room he escaped in.) As I was falling asleep a week after he went missing I heard crinkling-- and there he was exploring a green wal-mart bag. We only had about a month left on our lease in that house, so I was REALLY lucky to find him. It also helped me to read all of the escape/reunion stories on kingsnake.com. That's where I got the bag idea.
I would say use that tape idea only as a LAST LAST resort. I've read about people accidentally tearing scales off their snakes that way. Although the painter's tape is usually not as sticky as others I'd be very wary. Good luck finding your critter!

That's why I'd suggest painter's tape. It won't take a hair off of your arm. Masking tape is stickier and will get them every time, but I can bind them up pretty good. The downside to painter's tape is, they may just "ruffle it around" and not get caught. But at least you have a better idea where they are...

A smallish cardboard box with a hole in the side with a bowl of water on the inside placed in the corner of the room worked for me (snakes can smell water somehow from like 100 feet away). Once inside they seem reluctant to leave, especially if it's placed in a nice warm place (I left a UTH on top of mine set on real low to keep the box at around 80 deg F).

-13mur 6