milksnake escaped.

[kenchenzo]

hi everyone my milksnake has now escaped.
went in yesterday morning & the glass had fallen out.
not sure how since i can barly get it back in.
very strange.
any suggestions please.:confused:

[infernalis]

How big is the milk snake?? it will help to figure out potential hiding spots.

look in every nook, cranny, dark spot you can think of.

Under furniture, appliances, laundry piles, under beds, inside furniture, under cushions, etc..

[kenchenzo]

he's about three feet.

[shaunyboy]

anywhere warm dark and quiet he can fit into is a likely place

if you look up old threads on here about escaped snakes you'll find plenty tips mate

let us know how it goes

i wish you all the best of luck in finding him

cheers shaun

[kenchenzo]

problem is we have just emptied a family members home so we have furniture & boxes everywhere at the moment. worst time possible.

[infernalis]

Murphy's law mandates that your milk snake has found the most difficult spot to get it back ;)

Some people have had success with leaving a dead mouse out for the snake to find.

[kenchenzo]

Will try mate

[Sithis]

Okay this is what you need. Go to your nearest hardware store and buy 2 glue traps made for mice. after that go to a petshop and ask them for some of their used mouse/rat bedding. Get a box roughly the size of a pizza box that has an opening top place the soon t be trap in a likely snake spot and make sure it is against a wall. Cut a hole on either side of the box large enough for your snake to easily crawl into.
place both traps in there close to the center. Make sure you tape them down. Now sprinkle the used rodent bedding a little bit outside of the box @ either(both of them) opening, as to make a small trail leading into the box. After that sprinkle the rest in the box paying careful attention to not get too much on your glue traps.
After you catch him you will need to spray him with Pam until the glue unsticks.
Then you can let him soak for a bit in warm water if you choose to.

This always works when I get a call that there is a snake on someones property when I get there it is gone. I have never harmed a snake doing this. If you don't believe me look these traps up.
They are simple, easy, cheap and harmless

[infernalis]

Only problem with that concept is that snakes have hurt themselves struggling with the glue traps.

look at how this trap is pulling the skin under the snake...

http://media.mmgcommunity.topscms.com/images/2d/b4/8edede6943ddbef3e004ab19c6a6.jpeg

The humane society had to put the snake down, the belly damage was too severe to correct.

This method is stressful to the snake, many times they can peel off their own skin trying to escape..

Not the best advice in my opinion.

[Sithis]

Only problem with that concept is that snakes have hurt themselves struggling with the glue traps.

look at how this trap is pulling the skin under the snake...

http://media.mmgcommunity.topscms.com/images/2d/b4/8edede6943ddbef3e004ab19c6a6.jpeg

The humane society had to put the snake down, the belly damage was too severe to correct.

This method is stressful to the snake, many times they can peel off their own skin trying to escape..

Not the best advice in my opinion.

I do understand what you're saying but I doubt that he Is going to use glue paper for one and for two I am sure he will be checking the trap periodically rather than let it sit for a day or 2. Another thing is the fact that the glue traps are made of cardboard not paper I have caught up to3 foot WDBs, coachwhips,garters,milksnakes, and bullsnakes like this and it went off without a hitch.
His choices are to look for it which is nearly impossible to find in a cluttered place and people constantly moving this stuff. The cold weather can be potentially deadly. I would rather stress the animal out a bit and ensure that it was back in its cage safely than take the chance that it could die out of its enclosure or even worse get out of the house.
Here is a good example
http://www.pestcontrolrx.com/.a/6a00e55272212588330105360ac9a3970c-500pi

[kenchenzo]

what is pam please mate.

[Lankyrob]

Provent a mite

[infernalis]

http://muscleshop.pt/images/064144030217.jpg

[Lankyrob]

Oops, guess i was off course there then!!

[infernalis]

Its fine Rob, we talk about the mite spray so much here that it was an easy mistake.

[marvelfreak]

Okay this is what you need. Go to your nearest hardware store and buy 2 glue traps made for mice. after that go to a petshop and ask them for some of their used mouse/rat bedding. Get a box roughly the size of a pizza box that has an opening top place the soon t be trap in a likely snake spot and make sure it is against a wall. Cut a hole on either side of the box large enough for your snake to easily crawl into.
place both traps in there close to the center. Make sure you tape them down. Now sprinkle the used rodent bedding a little bit outside of the box @ either(both of them) opening, as to make a small trail leading into the box. After that sprinkle the rest in the box paying careful attention to not get too much on your glue traps.
After you catch him you will need to spray him with Pam until the glue unsticks.
Then you can let him soak for a bit in warm water if you choose to.

This always works when I get a call that there is a snake on someones property when I get there it is gone. I have never harmed a snake doing this. If you don't believe me look these traps up.
They are simple, easy, cheap and harmless
kenchenzo (http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/members/kenchenzo.html) i beg you please don't try this. There are so many thing that could go wrong. I seen a Burmese get stuck to a piece of duct tape use to hold it lid down. It ripped it own skin off trying to get away. And i mean it ripped all it skin off one of the saddest thing i ever seen. Snake and anything sticky don't mix. If you look on this site for i lost my snake threads you will find tons with helpful information. Remember you want to find your snake alive not dead.

[Sithis]

Just a general no stick cooking spray. I am not trying to step on your toes Wayne, I am showing him something I use from personal experience. As with anything you can indeed hurt your snake. But it is so unlikely that his snake would get harmed that I think it's worth a try.
Look the method up on youtube or google.
Good luck!
Again I am sorry if I offended you Wayne. My intentions are good.

[Sithis]

kenchenzo (http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/members/kenchenzo.html) i beg you please don't try this. There are so many thing that could go wrong. I seen a Burmese get stuck to a piece of duct tape use to hold it lid down. It ripped it own skin off trying to get away. And i mean it ripped all it skin off one of the saddest thing i ever seen. Snake and anything sticky don't mix. If you look on this site for i lost my snake threads you will find tons with helpful information. Remember you want to find your snake alive not dead.

It is composed of a different thing than duct tape.

I am done saying my part on this subject I don't want any controversy

[Reptile_Reptile]

put flower or something dusty like that on the floor around places you might think the snake will go to show tracks. what i do and it works is i put a heat pad on a piece of tile then put another tile piece on top of pad cover it with just stuff to make it small and cozy and just check it every few hours. i catch my Houdini of a ball like that every time GL

[kenchenzo]

nothing as yet sorry to say.

[Corni_snake]

oh dear O.O. well i havent experienced my own snake going missing (still waiting for funds to get one lol...) but when my neirbours snake went for a little adventure leaving out a mouse did the trick....saying that though she was a 7ft python so :S not exactly hard to miss.....

GOOD LUCK (Y) hope you find him/her soon!!!!!

[kenchenzo]

hi everyone i have him back.
the shop i run down the road from where i live. someone came in there and told me that someone had found a snake in my road.
the rspca had taken so i phoned them up and sure enough it was him.
seems ok a little bit of scale rot but everything else seems fine. not thin at all.
thank god.

[TeaNinja]

WOW thats really lucky someone found him outside!

that was pretty funny actually xD
i had to chuckle a bit at the PAM statements.

[presspirate]

Well, congrats there mate! I recently had a corn escape, and found him about 4 hours later in my shoe!

[Rolf Oldenburg]

Congrats :)

[marvelfreak]

Congrats! Glad you found him.

[infernalis]

Congrats on the recovery... very lucky indeed.

[kenchenzo]

thank you so much everyone.