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Gravity_Freak
at Tue Feb 28 12:12:24 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Gravity_Freak ]
I agree with Munchkins. Search EVERYTHING!! And then search it again. It took me a week to locate one of my Sinaloan Milks, and I finally found her crawling across the back of my computer monitor. I would also focus on any area that is warmer that the rest of the room. Anything that puts out any kind of heat, including: TV's, Computers, Video/DVD players, even A/C adaptors and the coils behind a refridgerator produce enough heat to attract a snake. The snake trap is a good idea. I don't like the whole flour on the floor thing unless you are willing to put flour around the entire border of each room, all might see is a few snake tracks, but then they could go somewhere else without touching the flour and leave you searching a room that they are not in. A very respected breeder told me that one of the best ways to catch a snake is to leave small strips of duct tape sticky side up around the border of the room. The length of the tape is based on the lenght of the snake. You want a piece that they will get stuck to, but not so much that they will get tied up in knots and in a ball of tape and can't breath. A 6" strip is food for a 24"-30" snake a 2"-3" strip is good for a hatchling. Also remember that snakes are good at survival. They will do their best to stay alive by avoiding cold temps and drafts. If the snake was eating well before the escape, then food is not their primary concern. I would also check sources of water, or possibaly set up a soaking dish with a heating pad under it set on low. Take an appropriately sized Zip-Lock dish and cut a hole in the top about three times larger than the snake. Snap the lid on and put 1/4" of water in the dish and leave it by the wall so that the snake can find it. All of my snakes love to soak, even when it's cold, so there is a good chance that you may find the snake soaking in the water dish when you check it in the morning. Whatever you decide to do, don't give up. I have heard of lost snakes being found four months later, a bit thin, but in good health.
Dave
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1.1.0 Sinaloan Milk Snakes
1.1.0 California King Snakes
1.0.0 Hypo Honduran Milksnakes
1.1.0 Double Het Ghost Honduran Milk Snakes
1.0.0 Albino Honduran Milksnakes
0.1.0 Het Albino Honduran Milksnakes
0.0.2 Rescued Green Iguanas (Achilles and Zim)
0.1.0 Adopted Ball Python
1.0.1 Bearded Dragons (Helios and Smaug)
0.1.0 SHCT Leopard Gecko
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- escaped! - weebeasties, Mon Feb 27 17:13:44 2006
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RE: escaped! L/P sorry. - Gravity_Freak, Tue Feb 28 12:12:24 2006