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Roxannenava

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I am ecstatic to have our lost corn snake Jake back with us. He has been gone for about two months. Now that he's back, what is the best thing to do with him? Do I need to go through a no touch week again? I am going to offer him food but other than that I want to do what's best. Thanks!!
 
I am still a novice at this but i think u would be best to let him get used to his surroundings again before handling him for a least a week, Glad u found him though
 
I would put him back in his home, make sure he has a bowl he can get into to soak, and feed him tonight or tomorrow night. I wouldn't handle him until after he has eaten and digested. I'd feed a meal about half of what would be right for him, and slit it through the head and back several times for easy digestion.
 
I am changing my corns home so I won't loose him again from the large tank. I have him in a plastic shoe container right now with holes in the top. His home was given to a ball python. I think he will be just fine. He's curled up in a toilet paper roll right now just chillin. I am so happy he's back!!
 
We also just found ours that has been missing for two months! It really is a good feeling :)
We believe ours had gone into brumation while on the run, so when we found her, she was very lethargic ( I assumed she was starving). We found her in the evening, so we put her in her tank with UTH and water. The next day, we gave her a 5min soak in which she had a small drink. We knew she should settle for a week without any handling, but because we thought she was starving,we tried to feed her the following day (without success). After two days, she ate a pinky then we left her alone for a week. Before we fed her again, we gave her another 5min. soak which she had a huge drink then ate another pinky.

We kept the temps lower (80) for the first two days, then raised it to 85 after we fed her. It's 85-87 now and she's had 3 successful pinky meals, settled in and calmed down. Weighing her weekly before we feed her to make sure she's recovering without any health problems. But she seems good! First week, she hid in her moist hide 24/7, but we see her using her cool/warm hides now and she's exploring nightly now. :)
 
I'm so glad your found your snake! Seeing people finding their snakes after 2 months gives me hope that will find our little lost guy.
 
Yes I am super excited!! I was able to feed him, he ate eagerly and there was no sign of food in his body the next day. I got him another tank and hides with water and lights. He isn't as shy as he use to be but he is quite skidish to say the least. When transferring him to his tank yesterday he tried to escape again and I had to grab him. He bit me and I know it was in defense but I put him in his tank and just left him alone. I covered 3/4 of the tank to try to make him feel more secure. I hope he comes around and let's us resume our relationship with him. He was greatly missed!!
 
Did you by chance get a ball python after losing your corn, and then magically as soon as you got said ball python, your lost snake turns up? If so, I wouldn't be surprised, there are so many stores like that!

Seems to be how many snake keepers end up with multiples, it's just murphy's law!

Glad your snake is back safe and sounds, you've already got some great advice so I wish you and your little guy some luck!
 
I sure did get a ball python. Haha!! I was certain Jake had gone down the disposal or sink. I think it took a month after Bella showed up but Jake is back. He looked like he wanted back into his old tank but couldn't figure out how to get back across. He now has a more appropriate sized home for his size. Which will of course have to be changed out as he grows. Thanks for all the advise and good wishes!!
 
Could it be true that Jake doesn't really like the water? I've tried to get him to soak a few time in the past. Especially around shedding time because the humidity was really low at first. He didn't seem to want any part of the water at all. I had to hold him and get him damp and then spray his enclosure. He was able to shed just fine but I never see him near water at all. He doesn't seem to be dehydrated so I don't fret. Just a tad bit concerned.
 
Just a little warning from my own experience. Last summer I had a hatchling in a plastic shoe box and she escaped from it. The sides were flimsy enough she could squeeze out from under the lid even though it was snapped shut. She has been missing since last October and may have got outside. I had cable holes in my floor. Also I found in my closet where the water heater is, the fake wall had not been nailed back into place. There are big holes in the floor she could have gone through to get under my house and outside.

So, if you are using the plastic shoe box with the lid (not in a rack) I would keep an eye on it.
 
I got another tank the other day and he is safely in that one and out of the shoe box. The shoe box is meant to be his feeder box so we have transferred him out. Poor thing just looks terrified and like he's been through a traumatic experience while he was loose. I feel quite bad for him and just hope he comes around. I am going to try another feeding today and hope all works out, and he comes back around to trust us again.
 
Snakes have such primitive brains. I'm sure he has no memory left of being a pet, and thinks he is a wild snake who has been captured! Fortunately, cornsnakes get tame REALLY fast :)
 
Mine wasn't as young as yrs when she escaped .. she was right at 1 yr old when she got out of her cage and was gone from August 18, 2009 to March 29, 2010 and was found by our maintence guy in our trailer park when he went underneath our trailer to get something from the storage area .. she was in a pvc pipe, was extremely cold and lethargic and did try to bite me when I went to get her from the bucket the guy put her in but I was handling her without being struck at the very next day and never had any problems with her since. She's a fantastic eater -always has been and she's given me some beautiful babies in the last couple of years. It's possible to find them even months after having them gone although I think it helps if they have a little bit of size on them when they do get out and go missing. I had two of my babies last october escape their new tubs in my rack system that I got and I've not found either one of them. They both were pretty little and young so I have no hope in finding them. Good luck with getting yours to calm down, it shouldn't take long. :)
 
VampMN said:
I'm so glad your found your snake! Seeing people finding their snakes after 2 months gives me hope that will find our little lost guy.
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The odds are strongly in your favour - and people have often found their corns safe and sound after a year or more, even in our Irish and British climates. Most snakes that get lost do turn up, usually in the house or right nearby (yard or immediate neighbor's house), as snakes are totally not natural travellers. Make sure you leave water around, though - dehydration is the worst danger to a lost snake in a house.
 
Stephan Grundy said:
The odds are strongly in your favour - and people have often found their corns safe and sound after a year or more, even in our Irish and British climates. Most snakes that get lost do turn up, usually in the house or right nearby (yard or immediate neighbor's house), as snakes are totally not natural travellers. Make sure you leave water around, though - dehydration is the worst danger to a lost snake in a house.
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Thanks for the encouragement! I really do hope we find him. He's such an awesome snake. We have water in 3 different rooms (in a <1000sqft house) that he can get to, so hopefully he is finding at least one of them from time to time.
 
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