Can Someone Please Help! My Monitor Escaped His Cage! - Page 2

batmanjosh5000 · 07-23-13, 04:12 PM

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More pics of the cage and my room around it(sorry that its upside down).

batmanjosh5000 · 07-23-13, 04:14 PM

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1 More post to go till im threw with all the pics :P

batmanjosh5000 · 07-23-13, 04:17 PM

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K done!
He got out of his cage(we took all the dirt out of the cage and then put it back in to make sure) and we didnt find out untill 2 days after. We think we checked that entire room to make sure he's not in it and now were gonna search in the rooms around it.
Hope we find him.

batmanjosh5000 · 07-23-13, 05:05 PM

Should i even be looking for him? Or should i just wait for him to be hungry and eat the food or for him to search for food that way we might see him when he comes out.

infernalis · 07-23-13, 06:57 PM

One thing to consider, Monitors are as good as rats when it comes to getting into tight locations, and equally good at eating. It can forage for insects and whatever (like steal a chicken leg off the counter and slip back down a crevice fast.

One member found his monitor hiding under the refrigerator. The compressor made heat, so the lizard would wait where it was warm and eat the cats food when no one was looking, it went on for some time before it was spotted.

Good luck.

batmanjosh5000 · 07-23-13, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by infernalis

One thing to consider, Monitors are as good as rats when it comes to getting into tight locations, and equally good at eating. It can forage for insects and whatever (like steal a chicken leg off the counter and slip back down a crevice fast.

One member found his monitor hiding under the refrigerator. The compressor made heat, so the lizard would wait where it was warm and eat the cats food when no one was looking, it went on for some time before it was spotted.

Good luck.

Thanks, ill go check the refrigerator again a lot of people seem to find their reptiles there, i have a mashed hard boiled egg there in case he gets hungry (i wouldn't normally feed him eggs but i feel like it has a strong smell and will attract him) near it in case he's somewhere there and gets hungry and i should also put a basking spot in the kitchen in case he's somewhere in the refrigerator that i can't find so that he'll hopefully come out

Tenodera · 07-24-13, 04:08 AM

Always check the places you have checked before! They will move around when no one is looking. My roommate has found mine inside tables (Inside the metal legs) under his cabinet, and wedged between a wall and a shoe case. Best of luck, I understand how it feels.

fuzzhc · 07-24-13, 11:58 AM

Check down the back and sides of your sofas if you havent already. Little did we know when mine escaped that we were literally sitting on top of him lol, no harm was done
even though he was approximately 2foot!

Best of luck!

Mikoh4792 · 07-24-13, 12:12 PM

set up cameras around the house with nightvision.

batmanjosh5000 · 07-24-13, 03:56 PM

Thanks guys! ill keep checking, and ya ive checked the sofas but ill keep looking. and ya we have a camera set up in the room but we only have one

batmanjosh5000 · 07-25-13, 08:33 PM

to everybody that helped me THANK YOU SO MUCH! we found him!!!! he traveled into my parents room and was in the vent under my dads night stand! Its crazy because we were starting to get all depressed and everything and started to feel like our only hope is if we saw him walking around, but tonight we decided a different technique of looking, instead of intensely looking at every crack that he could possibly fit in we just did a more vague look around in all the vents and dressers because it took us wayyy to long to look into specific areas, so we just went room to room and then there he was! i just really hope this isn't a dream because this is the dream ive been having everynight the past week (obviously in different spots though) lol! this is the best day ever. and now weve got so much weight on top of the glass that we couldn't even lift the top. Now ive got to quickly get back to building the enclosure because he got super big somehow! he looks great! a little lazy though but he normally would be sleeping at this time anyways, but when i found him i reeled him out with a fuzzie which he gladly exepted when i woke him up, and then i gave him another, and then in his cage i gave him three more just to make sure he gets alot of lost nutrients than i sprayed him alot so he, then he basked and now hes probably digging a tunnel or just sleeping. Should i schedule an appointment at the vet incase anything happend when he left?

ra94131 · 07-25-13, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by batmanjosh5000

we found him!!!!

Great news. It's been quite a while since I had an escapee, but I remember well how nerve-wracking it can be...

Tenodera · 07-26-13, 04:35 AM

haha I'm glad this had a happy ending. Congratulations and make sure he never escapes again! My roommate snapped and overly-reinforced the security with steel mesh on Corvo's enclosure after he escaped for the 4th time.

a visit to the vet sounds good! Better safe than sorry

batmanjosh5000 · 07-26-13, 04:49 AM

o he's never escaping again! if anything it will be so secure we will be having a hard time getting him out lol!,

but i have the feeling like he doesn't want to escape anymore haha

batmanjosh5000 · 07-26-13, 04:50 AM