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Posted - 08/11/2009 : 13:21:05
Help me Quetzel some how got out of his box last night and is now missing!!!
I have put hides and water in all the rooms but i am worred that he may have found his way under the floor Boards!
Any tips please!!!
James
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| Kellog |
Posted - 09/11/2009 : 11:22:15
So sorry to hear about Quetzel.
Definitely put bottle traps down. This is a link to how to make them http://www.thekingsnake.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=263. Dont leave a pinky in a bottle trap for more than 24hrs...throw it away. Wait a few days and then try again.
Turn down all the heating in the house except for the room he is hopefully in. You could also put his heat mat on the floor, covered in a towel, in a corner or surrounded by pillows or with his hide on it....he will search for the extra heat. It means you should also check all the places in the house that emit heat, like behind the tv, the fridge, any hot pipes or boilers etc. One member's snake was found by his grandfather when he picked a towel out of the airing cupboard. You need to look high and low as they are amazing climbers, and look into places you dont think she could ever get to...any place she can squeeze her head into her body will follow. Another member found her snake in a box file on a shelf.
You need to put out a waterbowl as a snake can go a long time without food but needs water. It also means that you can see if the water level is dropping and therefore prove that she is in that room.
You can try sitting up through the night and put something like crunched up foil or wrapping paper around the edges of the room. This mean when the snake moves around and will keep to the sides you might hear the movement.
Try putting flour or talcum powder in the doorways because then you can see if there are any slither marks, showing he is there and moving around.
Please dont give up hope. As you have gathered a few of our members have lost snakes, some have been found immediately and others have taken weeks to turn up. One even showed up a month later sliding in the back door looking very healthy (the owner had wondered why her frog population was dwindling!).
I am sure others will also offer more advice and help....you will find him!
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| lee2308 |
Posted - 08/11/2009 : 14:20:41
best advice is to check everywhere twice,they like things that give of heat,backs of fridges/frezers cable boxes ect |
| HannahB |
Posted - 08/11/2009 : 13:31:18
put a heat mat or a warm hot water bottle in a corner somewhere with a towel or something over it so that if he finds it he has somewhere warm to hide,
check everywhere - plugs, book cases, pillows, pockets on clothes, towels.. corns go anywhere! remember to look high and low - they are good climbers
fingers crossed for you  |
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