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I found a long lost buddy!!!!

R

reptile_addict

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Incase anyone remembers my first house snake I had before, the one I thought got eaten. Well Today I was cleaning out the hall closet and I heard a rattle snake, well actually a house snake imitating a rattler!!! I am so happy. He is so skinny, I put a mouse in a deli cup over a heat pad and I hope he eats by tommarow. He has been gone for over a month! I will keep you all updated. He must have been there for a while because he had a shed back there with him
 
He is so skinny, I put a mouse in a deli cup over a heat pad and I hope he eats by tommarow.
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Just a comment on this one. I don't know what kind of heat pad it's on, but I would be VERY cautious leaving a deli fully on any heating pad, especially over 24 hours. Heat can build up very quickly in those delis, even if the heating pad isn't too warm by itself. It's very easy to "cook" a snake placing it over a heating pad with no where to get away from it. Just a note of caution. I hope it does well for you.
 
Hurley said:
Just a comment on this one. I don't know what kind of heat pad it's on, but I would be VERY cautious leaving a deli fully on any <a style='text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 3px double;' href="http://www.serverlogic3.com/lm/rtl3.asp?si=5&k=heating%20pad" onmouseover="window.status='heating pad'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true;">heating pad</a>, especially over 24 hours. Heat can build up very quickly in those delis, even if the heating pad isn't too warm by itself. It's very easy to "cook" a snake placing it over a heating pad with no where to get away from it. Just a note of caution. I hope it does well for you.
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I made sure to put it barley on it and I put lots of holes in the deli cup. He ate a small pink with no buldge. He's probably stressed so I will give him 3 days to calm down and relax before offering 2 large pinks. He will be able to take a small fuzzie but I don't want to risk a regurge
 
Glad you found your snake, glad he ate, glad you were careful about where you place him on the heat pad.

I remember from your post about losing him (couldn't find it in a search) you thought he'd been eaten. If I remember correctly everyone suggested that maybe he got out, seems they were right!

Good Luck,
D80
 
Ya it was a huge suprise he was in the very back of the closet. Now I have to wash about a million blankets, towels, and bed sheets that were in the closet.
 
I wouldn't worry about washing all of them. Snakes aren't dirty! Just sort through the articles looking for any possible droppings or urates and then refold them if you don't find any. Wash only those articles which are soiled. The snake is not going to leave anything "noxious" behind, only droppings and urates. And even if the snake had mites you wouldn't have to wash everything because mites will not harm or bite people and it would take a hell of a lot of them to even be noticeable.
 
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