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[Psychedelic]

ok, I'll explain the whole story here.

I got a new corn snake, but my aquarium wasn't coming in till this week.... Real pain in the ***. So I put it in something temporary.
Just so happened when I went to turn the heat lamp off in the middle of the night, it happened to be out of the, and heading under my bed when I saw it. I have a really big bed and it has to be taken apart to move...

So I take the bed apart and try to find the snake, to my dissapointment, there was a small hole in the wall where there used to be a cable. Guess where the snake is. This is a brand new baby snake so it is terrified of me. And I'm a college student renting the house so I don't want to rip the wall apart.

As for right now I put the heat lamp just over the hole, hoping it will come for some warmth and I'll see it out. Any better ideas?

And yes... I know I'm an idiot.

[Artemis]

That is a good idea, but I wouldnt put it too close to the hole so you have a chance of catching him if he does come out. Lets hope the hole doesn't lead anywhere. Other things you can do are put a little bit of flour on the floor under the bed outside of the hole, and if he comes out you will know as he will leave a little "snake trail" in it. Couldnt hurt to try putting a f/t pinky mouse out where the heat source is, or even a live one if it cant walk yet. Food is often the best lure.

Good luck- hope you are able to get him back-

Artemis

[Psychedelic]

alright, I'm trying a couple pinkies under the heat light, and his hide rock. Hopefully this will work... Any other suggestions?

[Artemis]

Cross your fingers, and don't give up. Snakes that escape can turn up a lot later than you expected. Let us know if you are able to retrieve him :) Im hoping the best for you.

Artemis

[jjaj02]

Ok, I know how you feel. A couple weeks ago, I lost one of mine. I looked everywhere for the little bugger and I can't find her anywhere. I tried the pinkie thing and it didnt work for me. I kinda miss her. She was a really, really nice looking snow.

Anyways, best of luck finding her....I hope you do.

Jacie

[concept3]

well if your really care about the snake, rip the drywall off.. Drywall is DIRT cheap and not very hard to finish. chances are you could cut a square 12" by 12" hole and hire someone to patch it for you for about 50 bucks. depends how bad you want your snake i geuss

[Psychedelic]

yea, but the problem with that is I don't even know if it will still be there or if it got through somewhere else. It's a baby so it can get in some pretty tight places (reason I lost it). Anyways, I tried the pinkie thing.... but as soon as they die they really smell bad.... and who knows how long that could take... so I guess I'll just keep my fingers crossed. I also have a couple female roommates who don't know it's missing (and aren't going to find out cause they'll flip), so hopefully it turns up before they find out.

[ydnic]

yeah - I wouldn`t recommend ripping up the wall either that was a few days ago that it got in there - you probably won`t find it that way - my friend left a tank of mine open - i found the snake in my basement which is realatively far from where is escaped- it was trying to get into my mouse cage.

This was four months after it was lost - you had better tell your room mate because if they find it and don`t know you had a snake- they`ll prolly kill it

[Psychedelic]

All my roommates know I got a snake... and the guys know I lost it. I'm just not telling the girls... who I'm sure won't kill it if they find it, but I really don't wanna hear them flip out about it.

Well hopefully it doesn't take 4 months to find it. I tried using pinkies as bate but once they die they smell horrible... and I really don't care for smelling like dead mice for four months.