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Hi any advice on an escaped snake - i've looked every where but cant seem to find her any help would be much appreciate.

Kenny

put down a heating pad or leave a heat lamp in the corner of the room that he is most likely in. you could also try putting out a f/t rat(not in the heat tho... )put a nice layer of flour on the floor around the heat source and wait and watch for tracks. i have found its the best way to find snakes... and the flour will just vaccuum right up. good luck.
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Thanks for your reply, have you ever had a snake thats never been found? i've turned the room up side down searching for her and no luck. my real concern is a half inch gap that i found in the skirting behind a cupboard though i thing she was slightly to large to fit.

many thanks,

kenny

You can look around the warm spots of the house, like under the cook stove, water heater, entertainment center, ect.,ect....Any place dark or warm or both....

Or of a night time, turn down the house heat, set out a couple heating pads in different spots with a towel over it & a hide over it.

Never thought of the flour idea, but it sounds like a good one...

Good luck!
Scott

Kenny,
I had a young Cal. Kingsnake that was lost for 75 days then found it in a shoe, in the closet, alive and well but thirsty and hungry.
Mike

Try looking for her up instead of at ground level.
I had a female escape last year in my garage and I went through everything twice when I had giving up for the day I sat down opened up a COLD one looked up and she was wedge at the very top of my garage door panel. I would have never thought she would climb up their.
Lesson here think outside the box.
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Hi thanks, for the reply - up is the only way left! I had a little look on the shelfs but they are so over crowded I figured that if she got up there she would have knocked something down - the search contines!

I had one get out on me not too long ago, from leaving the cage open of course. She was as close to her tank as she could be, behing my dressor. She was at waist level, and I probably looked her in the eyes three times and didnt see her. Look in the most obvious of spots, as dumb as that sounds.

GOOD LUCK!

Just messin with you.

I have always found the don't go too far from the heat on the racks. I have also found them next too their favorite male/females box.

Good luck.

Mike

Just wanted to say thank you to all the people who replyed to my post. She showed herself last night on the shelfs a few feet from her tank - where i searhed about ten times! she is now back, SECURE, in her house resting after her little adventure. thank you.

Kenny

Keep a very close eye on her health over the next week or so. Sometimes, they get into something that is unhealthy for them. A pet store near me had a bp escape for a week. When it returned, it was sick. The vet thought it might have had something to eat or drink that poisoned it.

Good luck,

Bill
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