My snake escaped!!!

[athms]

My snake got out a couple of days ago and i checked everywhere we have 2 cats and we have heat duct vents with plastic covering. I have placed plastic bottle pinkie traps and nothings worked how long can he live with out food or water without moving around. I dont know what im going to do i might stop doing reptiles after my dream snake disappeared.:(:sad:

[sharthun]

My snake got out a couple of days ago and i checked everywhere we have 2 cats and we have heat duct vents with plastic covering. I have placed plastic bottle pinkie traps and nothings worked how long can he live with out food or water without moving around. I dont know what im going to do i might stop doing reptiles after my dream snake disappeared.:(:sad:

Double check everything in the enclosure. Especially log hides if you have them. These guys are very good at hiding.

[athms]

I did he isn't in their but thanks i will keep looking

[drumcrush]

My snake got out a couple of days ago and i checked everywhere we have 2 cats and we have heat duct vents with plastic covering. I have placed plastic bottle pinkie traps and nothings worked how long can he live with out food or water without moving around. I dont know what im going to do i might stop doing reptiles after my dream snake disappeared.:(:sad:

Look everywhere that's warm, most likely near a warm spot. I hope you find him! He's an awesome lookin lil dude! And do what sharthun said, I thought I lost my king once just to find her at the top inside of her tree

[Sharlynn93]

mine was hiding under the dvd player for a month...

[athms]

How long can he go with out food or water?

[athms]

And when i do find him im going to completely snake proof my room im talking duct tape all over the room and the house

[Sharlynn93]

snakes are clever...they will find condensation to drink...as for food, it depends on the species and age...most snakes can go months without food...Perri was missing for a month and looked quite healthy when she showed up, and she was only a 6-7 month old corn snake....pretty small...maybe 16 inches long?

[athms]

Double check everything in the enclosure. Especially log hides if you have them. These guys are very good at hiding.

Ill post pictures of his cage

[athms]

This is an old pic but their isn't much place to hide

[athms]

snakes are clever...they will find condensation to drink...as for food, it depends on the species and age...most snakes can go months without food...Perri was missing for a month and looked quite healthy when she showed up, and she was only a 6-7 month old corn snake....pretty small...maybe 16 inches long?

Thank u Reaves is pushing 20 inches

[drumcrush]

Double check that thingy in the back left corner

[Mikoh4792]

How would he even escape? That's a sliding lid, my guess is he is tucked away somewhere inside the enclosure. Maybe inside the ridges in one of his hides or burrowing inside the substrate.

[drumcrush]

Try taking out all the hides, triple quadruple check em all, then start moving the substrate around and remove some if necessary. Sometimes I have troubles finding my juvenile garter when she burrows in the substrate

[drumcrush]

I should also add that when you take the hides out, put them in a tub with a lid just i case you happen to miss him and slithers out.

[athms]

I should also add that when you take the hides out, put them in a tub with a lid just i case you happen to miss him and slithers out.

Done and done

[drumcrush]

Try scenting a trail by rubbing a mouse or pinky or whatever and lead it up to that trap you said you made. But make a couple of trails from different areas of the room

[athms]

i already did that

[drumcrush]

Well,i guess you did everything then lol....I guess now, we play the waiting game

[athms]

Do u think i should pull a all nighter with tin foil in the door ways

[Primal Rage]

Sorry to hear this man! 3 things your guy is gonna seek out. 1)shelter 2) warmth 3)water. Not nessisarily in that order. I would follow the walls closest to his enclosure and see what's the closest "cover". A pile of laundry, a bed with stuff crammed underneath it, a backpack resting against the wall. Carefully removed everything. You don't want to be running around frantically ripping your place apart and find that he is injured because of you. He is most likely in the same room where his tank is.Good luck!

[Primal Rage]

Did you check under the water bowel? Your cage looks pretty secure.

[Jim Smith]

I'm with Primal Rage on this one. There was one time I thought I'd lost my Honduran when she was young. I looked "everywhere" in her tank. I finally decided to remove all the hides and water bowl only to find her coiled up under the water bowl. It seems that I had allowed a bit of substrate to get under one edge of the bowl when I'd changed the water, leaving just enough room for her to sneak in. She found it to be a very nice and secure hide. I'd empty the cage before I stayed up all night looking for her. Just a thought...

Jim Smith

[TheFrogman]

When My Ball escaped I found him between my mattress and box spring.
But Im always doing head checks before I go to bed and agreed with you folks, they are usually coiled up under a hide or a dish, Im a worry wart.

[athms]

I'm with Primal Rage on this one. There was one time I thought I'd lost my Honduran when she was young. I looked "everywhere" in her tank. I finally decided to remove all the hides and water bowl only to find her coiled up under the water bowl. It seems that I had allowed a bit of substrate to get under one edge of the bowl when I'd changed the water, leaving just enough room for her to sneak in. She found it to be a very nice and secure hide. I'd empty the cage before I stayed up all night looking for her. Just a thought...

Jim Smith

Thats a old pic i already emptied the tank to check and nothing. But thanks i will keep looking

[Chris72]

..+1 for:
Chances are he is in the same room that you keep him in.

Take a (human) heating blanket and crumple it up on the floor...turn it on right before bed.

If he is cruising around at night looking for a little heat he might be there in the morning.

Very stressful...for sure....but he can last for a long time without you as long as it's not too cold there.

(Fingers crossed)

[drumcrush]

Updates?? How's the search going?

[sharthun]

Updates?? How's the search going?

^^^^^^^^^^?

[athms]

I still check my traps and know im just waiting I've been home sick the last 2 days so not much looking then

[sharthun]

I still check my traps and know im just waiting I've been home sick the last 2 days so not much looking then

Good Luck!!!!!

[athms]

Good Luck!!!!!

Thanks im hoping for a christmas miracle myself