My hubby and I lost one of our corns...it's a hatchling, and we live in an apartment complex. We don't know exactly how long she's been missing, but it's been less than 48 hours. Can anyone give me a link to advice or just give me some advice here straight up? I have an idea of how to find a larger snake, but she's tiny, and I have no idea how to find a tiny snake. We've looked everywhere we can think of...under the couch, in the couch cushions, under the Entertainment Center, under the bed, around all the baseboards, etc., et.c, etc....PLEASE HELP US!!!!!!!
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Help! Help! Help!
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diamondlil
Mice! They taste so nice!
Don't panic, a lot of us here have had escapees. Use the search function and you'll find plenty of threads with good advice
diamondlil
Mice! They taste so nice!
I found my Lil as a hatchling escapee had squished herself into a tiny gap along the skirting boards, if that's any help
An idea...
Ok. She may not be hungry yet because we have been feeding her twice a week, and although feeding day is tomorrow, I'm not sure she's gonna really be feeling the pinch yet. From reading various posts, I've gathered that they go for tightly enclosed, dark places, usually warm, and sometimes they go for water. So, my idea is this: I am coloring the outside of a small water bottle with a black sharpie and placing it on a heating pad set on very low with a water dish nearby. Everything she needs all in one place. Would that possibly work???? Anyone had any success with that type of setup????? Some feedback would be greatly appreciated since I am about to lose it here. I'm so worried for my wittle baby!
Ok. She may not be hungry yet because we have been feeding her twice a week, and although feeding day is tomorrow, I'm not sure she's gonna really be feeling the pinch yet. From reading various posts, I've gathered that they go for tightly enclosed, dark places, usually warm, and sometimes they go for water. So, my idea is this: I am coloring the outside of a small water bottle with a black sharpie and placing it on a heating pad set on very low with a water dish nearby. Everything she needs all in one place. Would that possibly work???? Anyone had any success with that type of setup????? Some feedback would be greatly appreciated since I am about to lose it here. I'm so worried for my wittle baby!
diamondlil
Mice! They taste so nice!
I think pop-bottle traps and lines of flour are the most usual things, but just wish you al the luck in finding the snake 
Update...
It's been two days since I first discovered her missing and I still haven't found her yet. I am starting to doubt I'll ever find her. What's the success rate in finding a snake longer than 48hrs after it has gone missing? I'm just really starting to lose hope.
Where are the best PLACES to put the flour, btw?? I've heard to use flour, but I've never heard where.
It's been two days since I first discovered her missing and I still haven't found her yet. I am starting to doubt I'll ever find her. What's the success rate in finding a snake longer than 48hrs after it has gone missing? I'm just really starting to lose hope.
Where are the best PLACES to put the flour, btw?? I've heard to use flour, but I've never heard where.
tricksterpup
I has nuttin to Say.
The best places from what I have read have been at Door ways. That way you know if she has left a room or entered it.golden24k said:It's been two days since I first discovered her missing and I still haven't found her yet. I am starting to doubt I'll ever find her. What's the success rate in finding a snake longer than 48hrs after it has gone missing? I'm just really starting to lose hope.
Where are the best PLACES to put the flour, btw?? I've heard to use flour, but I've never heard where.
fire daemon
i am the hydra...
i'm not sure i'd say that they don't go far. maybe at first. but after a while i'm positive that they venture around the house. when i lost mine i found it downstairs in the bottom of the basement cornered by a cat. a hell of a long way from where it's viv was!!! and, just to add to it, it was over 2 months later!!! two months without any food!!! it was so small i highly doubt that it had eaten. even the local mice that my cat brings home would have been way too huge for it. infact i'm sure the mice would have eaten my snake!!! heh. sorry, not funny. but really ironic. anyway. keep looking, but don't expect it to turn up soon after it's escape. i've found that people either find them right away, or after a while of waiting. so, don't count your snake as "gone", they're amazingly tough little critters. i'm sure it will show up sometime, somehow!
Dank241
I like snakes
Keep Looking I am sure it will pop up .... Over 6 yrs I had three escape I found 2 out of the three ... One was a yr after she escaped ... I thought she got out of the house .. and then one day she scared me in the basement she reared up to strike and was hissing loudly ... she is a 5 plus foot Bullsnake .
I wish you the best of luck ....
I wish you the best of luck ....
Thanks
Thanks you guys...that makes me feel so much better. I guess I've been watching too much CourtTV and I thought that if I didn't find her right away, then she was gone for good. I just get so worried because she's so small! That and I'm always afraid that she'll end up in someone else's apartment and they may kill her out of ignorance - just because they're "scared." It's amazing how something so timy and helpless can scare people into killing it. I just don't understand some people :shrugs:
Anyway, thanks again, everyone!
Thanks you guys...that makes me feel so much better. I guess I've been watching too much CourtTV and I thought that if I didn't find her right away, then she was gone for good. I just get so worried because she's so small! That and I'm always afraid that she'll end up in someone else's apartment and they may kill her out of ignorance - just because they're "scared." It's amazing how something so timy and helpless can scare people into killing it. I just don't understand some people :shrugs:
Anyway, thanks again, everyone!
SunnyDelight
Newbie
don't give up hope!!! my snow escaped when he was a hatchling (actually, the cat knocked over his tank) and i found him about 3 hours later in a sock. my anery also escaped once. she was missing for 3 days, and i found her cornered by the three cats two levels down in the house from where her viv was.
so if you have cats watch them very closely, they might find the snake before you do, and put out water, try the pop bottle traps, and flour is always a good idea too.
im hoping you find your little one, i know how traumatic it can be. good luck and good hunting!
remeber that they like to climb too, so check book cases... you never know...
so if you have cats watch them very closely, they might find the snake before you do, and put out water, try the pop bottle traps, and flour is always a good idea too.
im hoping you find your little one, i know how traumatic it can be. good luck and good hunting!
remeber that they like to climb too, so check book cases... you never know...
a problem...
The only problem with that is the layout of our apartment. It's only 675 square feet and the kitchen, dining area, and living room are all kind of one big area. There's only 3 doorways in my apartment. She could stay in the main section of the apartment for a long time, never sleeping in the same spot twice and still never venture over flour in the doorway. So where else am I to put it? Around the bottle traps? Around the water dish? Anywhere else anyone can suggest? And are y'all talking about putting flour down on carpet?? And what about my 2 dogs? Won't they mess the flour up? I don't have any cats to help, and one of my dogs likes to kill rats, but neither has a large interest in snakes.
tricksterpup said:
The only problem with that is the layout of our apartment. It's only 675 square feet and the kitchen, dining area, and living room are all kind of one big area. There's only 3 doorways in my apartment. She could stay in the main section of the apartment for a long time, never sleeping in the same spot twice and still never venture over flour in the doorway. So where else am I to put it? Around the bottle traps? Around the water dish? Anywhere else anyone can suggest? And are y'all talking about putting flour down on carpet?? And what about my 2 dogs? Won't they mess the flour up? I don't have any cats to help, and one of my dogs likes to kill rats, but neither has a large interest in snakes.
Kat
I'm talkin' to YOU.
Another recommendation is very very NON-sticky tape. It should have very little stickiness... (masking tape is a good choice) drop pieces of it along the baseboards, near dark areas the snake might hide in, and anywhere else you think she might crawl. Then, check them every morning for a stuck snake. Use care in removing the hatchling if it gets caught... you can easily hurt it if you're not gentle.
-Kat
-Kat