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I lost my 2ft corn, im not sure when he got out, last time i checked was around a week ago(was on vacation). I checked pretty much the whole room that the tank was in. I set up a tank with heat and pinkies on the floor, im hoping he will go to it.

Basically check ever nook and cranny in the room. Then check once it gets dark. Check every half hour or so. I have found my escapees this way. In Kathy's book, it also recommends putting flour on the floor to show where the snake crawls. Or, a less messy method, to put tooth picks. You can tell if a snake crossed the tooth picks because the line will be disturbed. Try putting false cover on the ground. I have even cought one snake by having a mouse cage in the room. The snake got in through the bars, eat all the pinkies and was too fat to get out!!! lol. Good luck. Hope this helps!
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****Misty****

"Yesterday was the deadline for all complaints"

The list keeps getting Smaller!
Not counting Hatchlings, this is what I have.........

1.1.2 bearded dragons
7.17.4 corn snakes
1.1.0 jungle corns
2.5.0 king snakes
1.0.0 Sinaloan milk snake
0.1.0 Tri-Hybrid milk snake
0.1.0 rat snake
1.1.0 Leucistic rat snakes
1.1.0 Congo African Grey Parrots
0.1.0 German Shepherd hybrid dog

make sure it wasnt possible for him to get out of the room, the heated tank with pinks is a good idea
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jake

my addiction:
1.1? normal ball pythons (lazlo and izzy)
0.1? amelenistic corn snake (zyklon)
0.1 blizzard corn (blizz)
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hybrid haven

well good news i found him, i woke up to pinkies squealing around 3:30 this morning. I guess my heat and food trick worked, i still have no idea where he was, but i made him a brand new lid, so that he will not get out anymore.

the best advice is just look for it at night... it would be roaming around the corridors or whatever ! gl

First, check all around his cage. Lift it and any surrounding cages up and see if the snake is hiding under the cage. Take everything out of the cage and sift through it, to see if he is hiding in the substrate, under the water bowl, tucked on the underside of the hides, etc.

Then, start searching EVERYWHERE! Look high (on top of pix frames, window blinds, etc), look low (under sofas, fridges, stoves (but don't squish him). Look inside laundry baskets, inside the clothes, etc. Look inside shoes. Look behind books. Look right next to and underneath his tank. Search very thoroughly boxes and baskets and bags. Look inside any cabinets and drawers. Don't forget the bathroom.

Some people will put flour on the floor right next to the walls (snakes can hugs the borders of rooms to travel) to see where their snake has been. Some people will sit up at night with a flashlight and turn it on every once in a while to check for the snake. If you have any animals, watch their behavior. If the cat is watching an area very carefully, go check to see if your snake is there.

Seal off rooms after you search them, as snakes have been known to return to a room that you have already searched. Make sure that no gaps occur in the towels that you stuff under doors, etc.

Then I would suggest making a snake trap:
It is pretty simple. Use an appropriate size plastic soda bottle, for a small snake use a 16-20 oz bottle, for a larger snake use a 2 litre bottle. Cut the top off the bottle right where it is the largest. Then insert the top of the bottle backwards into the bottom of the bottle. What you are doing is making a fancy funnel type trap. Put the trap that you have baited with a frozen/thawed mouse of the appropriate size in the house where you think they may be on the floor. You can put one of those heat pads under it. Leave it overnight. In the morning, hopefully you will come out to a sleeping snake in the bottle.
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phflame
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well good news i found him, i woke up to pinkies squealing around 3:30 this morning. I guess my heat and food trick worked, i still have no idea where he was, but i made him a brand new lid, so that he will not get out anymore.

thing, not how you found him. Good luck on keeping him in his cage from now on. They do tend to develop wanderlust after only one escape.
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phflame
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