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I came home from skiing today and found that one of my baby corns were missing (made me pretty mad but what could i do) i searched under the washer and drier and around my reptile room, looking for help on where to look hope i find him.

Thanks in advance Derek

First make sure he's actually missing not just hiding in the cage somewhere. They tend to do that. I would leave the lid to the cage open and the heating on, he may decide to come back on his own if the rest of your house is too cold. You can also do the sodd pop bottle thing... take an empty 2 liter coke bottle and put a f/t pinky in there and put a heat light on it (the light is not really necessary)... he may get hungry and come back.

But in your searching, look up first. Corns LOVE to climb, and will go up before they go down. Look in every box that there's no way he could get in. Then look under and all around it. Remember how extremly small it can coil up into. Then realize it can get a lot smaller than that.

I'm sure you'll find it... just look in all your closets and any dark space.
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Right...do the above and don't give up hope. On 12/4 we had two of our corns escape. Found one on 12/27 (as we were coming in the house both with our hands full). He was in the middle of the floor trying to strike - pretty funny actually. We're still waiting for the other to show up though. You could also try putting flour or something similar around the edges of the room/cage/food so that if they cross the line you can tell which way they were going. Good luck!

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Check under the fridge and under the couch cushions...he may like the heat there.

A little over a year ago I lost three six month old corns in my house and found all three. One was found by pure luck as I saw him just crawling around at night. The other two were found in my shoes (I guess the smell wasn't an issue - LOL). Good Luck!
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