I have 8 yellow rats. One in particular has escaped twice in the past two years.



I found him once in the closet in my snake room and once he was on the window sill of my middle level... soaking up some rays.



1st off, leave out a water dish in different closets in your house so he does not have to leave your house (or get eaten by your dogs, cats, or ferrets to get a drink).



Secondly, turn your house upside down. I bet he will turn up. I have a number of corn snakes and usually have AT LEAST 1 escape every other month or so. I always get them back: ALWAYS.



I live in a 2600 square foot townhouse so it is not that big. One way that makes it easy for me to find them is that I taped off the Heat/ AC vents and use an electric oil heater, like the kind you get at Home Depot for $75.00. I keep the room at 80 degrees, which is 10 degrees warmer than the rest of the house. They rarely leave the room.



Goof luck - and if you can't get him back, email me. I have 2 clutches of Yellow Rats incubating now



Peter Jolles

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