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marc_sg
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
1504 Posts |
 Posted - 20/06/2011 : 20:11:41
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| i just wanted to add a place for finding your lost corn snake. my male got out when he was 3 months old so he was tiny. he was gone for 3 days and the neighbour knocked and asked my gf to ask me to come and look at a snake that has appeared in his bath room whilst his wife had sat down to do her business. little did he know this snake that his wife was trying to stop moving with a broom was my little man. so putting flour across doors is a very good idea. also just to save a bad filling in the fact your snake has decide to vacate to the next house pre warn the neighbours because 1. it could save the snakes life 2. it might just save you looking for a new house too. lol |
0.1.0 Amels (sid) 1.0.0 carolina stripe (simon)0.1.0 ghost (silva) 1.1.0 diffused/bloodreds (scarlet and samson)
1.0 staffy x beagle
soon to have female pin royal
R.I.P SHELLY
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mr2i
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
2 Posts |
Posted - 21/06/2011 : 20:48:07
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Day 3 off my snake going missing, we've turned the living room upside down twice looking everywhere, I have found a hole under a radiator pipe close to her viv. this is a dry wall and i've cut a small panel on the other side only to find that if she has entered through here she could possibly move through to the house main cavity(still not sure though as the dust in the cavity looks undisturbed?). I have rigged up a sealed channel from the hole leading into a makeshift viv with her bedding and water bating it each night with a fresh fluff.
into the drywall i'm placing a snake trap. I hope she comes back soon so we can get back to normallity! |
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Cornsnakeluver127
Egg
United Kingdom
58 Posts |
Posted - 27/06/2011 : 21:17:53
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this is a really good topic/sticky... i havent needed to deal with an escape... yet! but i read it to be prepared just in case!
0.1.1 corn snakes, monty and conan
1.0.0 ****er spaniel, cola
1.0.0 cat, scruffy
2.0.0 hamsters, saphire and hammy
and 4 goldfish, topaz, bubbles, nemo and diamond
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sarah-jayne
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
1 Posts |
Posted - 20/07/2011 : 20:45:21
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| i lost my little hatchling a few months ago and only had him 14days :( he is still missing we have tried looking everywhere... but he no-where, we've tried the bottle trap and leaving water around but still no joy :( iv heard that they can turn up out the blue so im hoping he will, he hadnt eaten when he got out aswell!. |
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Connorh1
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
1 Posts |
Posted - 22/08/2011 : 17:43:16
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| :( ive lost my corn snake as well only 2 months old, somehow she got out and ive been looking for 4 hours straight, doesnt help with 2 cats which 1 of them i KNOW would eat her if she got the chance :( ive tried everywhere!! |
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kdlang
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3556 Posts |
Posted - 22/08/2011 : 17:48:57
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| Hope she turns up soon for you Connor. Keep an eye on the cats as they might help lead you to the escapee. Use the tips at the beginning of this thread as they could give you some new ideas. And remember to think small. At 2 months old she could squeeze into some tiny gaps |
4.1.0 corns - Izzy (Carolina) Alice (Amel) Peanut (Butter Motley) Swayze (Ghost) Carmellia (Butter Motley)
0.1.0 cat - Kizzy
1.0.0 Dog - Dobbie
Location - Chesterfield, Derbyshire
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nikki2512
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
7 Posts |
Posted - 10/09/2011 : 13:22:09
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hi our corn snake fred has gone missing we went to feed him yesterday evening as he is fed every monday and friday and he is gone i know i saw him in his tank thursday day so think he probably escaped thursday night we have searched everywhere for him,i stayed up till 4 in the morning my little boys are so upset,i have made a few bottle traps put 1 in the living room near to his tank,one in the kitchen and 1 in my bedroom and one in the kids room just incase he has got upstairs,we keep him in the livingroom but the door was open all night so he could of gotten anywhere,i am also going to try the trick with a hot water bottle put 1 upstairs and one downstairs,he is only nearly 6 months old,would he really be able to climb up high?,i have mainly just checked low down, |
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Rob801
Snake Mite
Denmark
5 Posts |
Posted - 26/09/2011 : 11:00:33
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Hi. This is my first post here... really wasn't planning on having to post to this thread the first time out :(.
Needless to say my sons corn snake, Draco, went missing (we have had him for about a month). I really thought I had taken every precaution. The Viv has a sealed but ventilated top. The two grommets for cables are very solid hard rubber and they look completely undisturbed. There is a double sliding glass door but I have been putting folded up paper in the space between the glass just to reassure my wife that he couldn't get out that way, even though I thought he was too big to get through (he is close to 50 cm long... I'm including a few pictures of him when we first got him and his Viv).
The only thing that has happened out of the ordinary is that my son said he changed his water yesterday but swears up and down that he didn't leave the glass open while doing it... The last time we saw him was Thursday night when we fed him last.
He has seemed a little stressed at times and he found a place he liked to hide behind the background (between the cutout for cables and the backing glass plate). It worried us in the beginning but he came out to eat, and he shed once about a week ago, and we have been able to hold him a few times. Anyway, he just went back to his usual spot after eating. This time I didn't worry and said we should just let him be and he would come out when he was ready (I was planning on sealing it off so he couldn't get back there anymore but wanted to wait as he seemed a little stressed at times).
Last night I decided to look behind the Viv and he wasn't there. I ended up emptying the whole viv and still no luck. We are all really upset. My Wife is freaked out because she has a kind of phobia of snakes but went out on a limb for our son. We are both upset for our sons sake and Dracos sake (although from what I've read he will probably do fine if/until we find him again). I also couldn't help but be a bit accusatory towards our son (which I feel bad about) since he was the last one to open or close the viv (and like all 12 year olds can have a tendency to get side tracked) AND despite what we have read about them being great escape artist, I really thought that I had done everything to insure that he couldn't get out.
So far I have gone through all cupboards and closets. Unfortunately we also have some floor boards with heating pipes going to heaters that are accessible. I've shut off all the radiators in case he's curled up in one of them and I just made a bottle trap with a brained pinky as described in this thread.
Sorry this is so long winded but I felt a little background info was important. Now I have a couple of questions.
There is a cracked window in the room he escaped in. What are the chances that he would try to get outside as opposed to trying to snuggle up somewhere? Is it possible to tell me (from looking at the pictures I've included) if a: there is more I could have done to seal his Viv, and b: if, with his size, he could actually fit through the tiny slits in the grommets (approx. 3-4mm thick hard rubber), or between the glass doors (I'd say Max 3mm gap between).
One last thing. We live in the country with 100m to each neighbor on the left and right , Horse coral and green fields out the back, and a fairly busy country road and forest on the other side out the front... if that should make a difference.
Any help beyond the great tips in this thread are greatly appreciated!
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twigleroo
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
10 Posts |
Posted - 04/10/2011 : 01:25:13
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| hey did he ever turn up ? my newest snake which was 3 months old escaped from hes rub and my house is 4 bedrooms no upstairs carpets and plenty of floorboards as wed just moved in, i tried mouse on a heat mat etc for the first three days. and then read putting talc in your door ways to catch any slithering was a good way to an indication were he was, the same night i came upstairs there were slither marks in two door ways so bugga lugs was doing hes rounds visiting rooms lol cut a long story short three weeks after he escaped and numerous near misses in the talc i went into my bedroom turned the light on and he was 'playing'in the pile of talc, quick dip in a bowl of water two pinkies later and box locked down hes settled in well i never thought id see him again but he just turned up dont give up hope and hope he comes back soon if hes still on hes adventure x |
cali king ~ Gava
carolina corn ~ Twiglet
caramel corn ~ Bisquits
eastern river cooter turtle ~ Mr Salvatore
german shep ~ Max
collie cross ~ Scrappy
jack russ ~ Tyson |
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Pokerron
Snake Mite
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Posted - 02/11/2011 : 10:26:39
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Dont give up hope!
I live in a 3 story town house, our Snake 'Spartan 7' (son's a Halo fan!) went missing last Monday and we spent days looking everywhere in his room (we read they dont travel far) putting kichen towel down in corners, heat mat on floor and setting up lamps. After a week I was getting more and more worried, especially as we have 2 cats, and one of them is a impressive killing machine, but we hadnt seen any evidence of a meeting of the two. Imagine my surprise when a week later my daughter knocked on our door at 5am to say she had found the snake in the middle of our lounge, meaning he had come out the bedroom, down a flight of stairs and under a closed door to hide during the day presumably under one of the sofas!
S7 is now back in his viv, but we are looking to get a new one for him as the plastic viv he is in has 2 plastic doors and the smaller one doesnt look as well as we would like. |
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Keefy
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
16 Posts |
Posted - 14/01/2012 : 00:12:28
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My sincerest apologies that this is my first post!
I got my first corn a few days after Christmas, and having not owned one before (I previously had a Leopard Gecko) I looked on the net for some info.
I found this forum and read about their panache for escaping. So I decided I wasnt happy with the lid on his viv. And so I made a new lid for him. It was very tight fitting, but there were a few gaps that were only a mm or two big. Instead of closing them up I figured they could be good for ventilation for him.
Two days later - thats Monday of this week - I look in his viv and its been vacated. I couldnt believe it, and I'm so angry and annoyed with myself!
I have bottle traps out, water out, flour down, searched high and low and no joy yet. Its meant to get real cold tonight, and we run our house quite cold too, so I have an electric heater in his room in the hope he might return as it should be the only warm area in the house.
Anything else I haven't thought of?
Cheers
Keefy |
Anery Corn - Sherlock
Beagle/Basset - Harry
Chinchilla - Colin
Chicken - Chook
Chicken - Chook
Chicken - Chook
Chicken - Chook |
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Keefy
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
16 Posts |
Posted - 28/02/2012 : 21:48:33
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| Just thought I'd add - Sherlock, my anery corn, appeared today! Dont give up if you lose your buddy! |
Anery Corn - Sherlock
Beagle/Basset - Harry
Chinchilla - Colin
Chicken - Chook
Chicken - Chook
Chicken - Chook
Chicken - Chook |
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teabicky
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
23 Posts |
Posted - 18/03/2012 : 17:40:34
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At the end of last November my 6 month old corn snake escaped. I was devastated and despite all of the good advice I had read about keeping calm, I freaked out and tore my living room apart looking for him. I was unsuccessful. To make matters worse the door to my living room has a huge hole in it and there are loads of little hidey holes around the skirting board, many of which must go into the wall cavity.
Knowing that these pets are masters in the art of escapology, I thought that I had been really careful, always locking his viv and keeping all potential escape routes sealed.....or so I thought.
We had recently put him into a bigger wooden viv with vines, vegetation and lots of hides and he really took to it. He is a confident snake (compared to what I hear about other peoples) and he took no time to come out and start exploring. He loved to hang on the vines, which was great to see.
One evening, after about two weeks in the viv, I discovered him missing. The viv was locked and all seals still intact. I checked the substrate more times than I care to admit and eventually came to the realization that he was gone. As I said, I then proceeded to take the room apart but he was nowhere to be found, this left two options. He had either gone out the door or through the skirting board, not knowing was torture. We phoned our local reptile specialist and explained what had happened. He gave a very knowing response and explained that it is actually quite common, he then asked what viv we had and how old/ big he is. Once I told him he immediately said "he has escaped through gap between the sliding doors". WHAT? NO WAY, THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE!! Apparently not, he had truly lived up to his species reputation.
The guy at the specialist store gave a few suggestions on how to get him back, most of which have been discussed here. The one we went with was the one that I was most unsure of. He admitted that it sounded 'brutal' but said that other than waiting to see him by chance it was the only way he knew that was often successful. The method goes like this. Roll up sticky tape (use cellotape, nothing too sticky) with the sticky side out and then place it around the edges of the room. The idea being that if the snake comes out he will explore round the edges and then get stuck on one of the traps. It is VERY important to check the traps every day, for obvious reasons and if you are lucky enough to have found your snake then the tape will come of easily in luke warm water, causing no harm to the snake.
I am pleased that I took his advise. Two weeks later, when I was at work, my wife heard a rustling sound coming from the skirting board. She rushed over to find an unhappy looking snake struggling on one of our traps. The tape came away without water and he was in good condition, although thirsty and hungry. He had been hiding in the skirting board and needles to say he is now back in his smaller viv until he gets a lot bigger.
Although it was a happy ending and this method was effective for us, I am still uncomfortable recommending it as it does seem a bit on the cruel side.
Sorry about the LONG post.
Rich.
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gmac
The Scottish Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 18/03/2012 : 17:59:40
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I do not recommend using tape traps if you are checking them daily. Low tack tape can be used yes but these traps need checked on a far more regular basis and shouldnt be left out overnight.
The tape comng off in lukewarm water isnt the issue, its the damage thats done to the snake whilst its on the tape. Snakes wont sit back and say yup you got me i will just wait till you get this tape of me. They will do everything in their power to get away from the tape, the damage that will do isnt really worth thinking about. |
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teabicky
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
23 Posts |
Posted - 18/03/2012 : 18:05:17
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Originally posted by gmac
I do not recommend using tape traps if you are checking them daily. Low tack tape can be used yes but these traps need checked on a far more regular basis and shouldnt be left out overnight.
The tape comng off in lukewarm water isnt the issue, its the damage thats done to the snake whilst its on the tape. Snakes wont sit back and say yup you got me i will just wait till you get this tape of me. They will do everything in their power to get away from the tape, the damage that will do isnt really worth thinking about.
This all sounds reasonable to me. I think we (and Wilson) were lucky that my wife was in the room at the moment that he got caught, so no damage could have been done. |
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Connies dad
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
36 Posts |
Posted - 11/05/2012 : 13:15:42
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Well, It's my turn!
Connie, my 8 month old Amel Corn has escaped, I've emptied the room she was in completely, she's not there. My main concern is that we have 2 dogs, and whilst we have clearly kept them out of the dining room (where connie is kept) if she did decide to wonder out I'm sure they'd eat her, and as she's only about 14" long and the thickness of a big biro, there probably wouldn't be any evidence.
To add to the problem, my other half is screwing! I've told her it is unlikely that connie will come out of the dining room, but that seems incorrect.
I've baited traps for the past 2 nights, and she hasn't been fed for over a week, should I continue to bait them every night or wait a couple of days?
I fear if I don't find her soon I'm going to have a very expensive hotel bill for the other half!
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0.1.0 Amel Corn - Connie (Still MIA)
0.1.0 Carolina Corn - Summer
0.1.0 Snow Corn - Ella
1.0.0 Pastel Royal - Monty
0.0.1 Leopard Gecko - awaiting name
1.0.0 Pug - Bentley
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Rob801
Snake Mite
Denmark
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Posted - 10/06/2012 : 09:50:02
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Originally posted by twigleroo
hey did he ever turn up ? my newest snake which was 3 months old escaped from hes rub and my house is 4 bedrooms no upstairs carpets and plenty of floorboards as wed just moved in, i tried mouse on a heat mat etc for the first three days. and then read putting talc in your door ways to catch any slithering was a good way to an indication were he was, the same night i came upstairs there were slither marks in two door ways so bugga lugs was doing hes rounds visiting rooms lol cut a long story short three weeks after he escaped and numerous near misses in the talc i went into my bedroom turned the light on and he was 'playing'in the pile of talc, quick dip in a bowl of water two pinkies later and box locked down hes settled in well i never thought id see him again but he just turned up dont give up hope and hope he comes back soon if hes still on hes adventure x
Sorry about the very late response... Glad to hear yours came back :).
We found him in late January, deceased unfortunately. The first month or so after he escaped there were times when we thought we could hear kind of a slither then thump sound as if he was maybe in a wall somewhere and would crawl up and fall down again but we could never localize it. I also tried the bottle trap with pinkies a few times obviously with no luck.
After a couple of months we kind of gave up hope but still new he could pop up suddenly if we were lucky. I told my son that we should wait till at least after Christmas until we started looking for a new corn snake just in case.
Then one day in January my daughter was out helping my wife with the horses and she ran into the house to tell me that she thought they found Drako. When I went out I could see it was him. He was dead but still full of color (but hadn't grown) and wasn't dried out or anything so I think he survived all that time (maybe in hibernation?). My wife found him in one of the horse boxes that was only used to feed our foal before being put back with his mother (so there was no need to clean it out completely for months)... it was filled with the same thing we used for his substrate (hemp parade), so he must felt at home in it. It looked like he had been stepped on recently (poor thing), inadvertently, by my either my wife or our foal.
I can only imagine the journey/adventure he had from our house to the horse stable which although connected by other buildings, is still one story below and about 30 meters away with all kinds of obstacles between. He was definitely a survivor and if he hadn't been trampled there is actually a really good chance that we would have found him alive and well and recaptured him.
We were still extremely glad that we found him so that we could have some kind of closure and not have to wonder what happened to him.
We just bought a new (Mexican) Corn Snake Friday. This one is (almost?) full grown, 2.5 years old, extremely good natured, and used to being handled daily... we also put a lock on the enclosure so for the time being it is my only wife and I that control when he is in and out of his enclosure ;).
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Rob801
Snake Mite
Denmark
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Posted - 10/06/2012 : 10:10:19
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Originally posted by Connies dad
Well, It's my turn!
Connie, my 8 month old Amel Corn has escaped, I've emptied the room she was in completely, she's not there. My main concern is that we have 2 dogs, and whilst we have clearly kept them out of the dining room (where connie is kept) if she did decide to wonder out I'm sure they'd eat her, and as she's only about 14" long and the thickness of a big biro, there probably wouldn't be any evidence.
To add to the problem, my other half is screwing! I've told her it is unlikely that connie will come out of the dining room, but that seems incorrect.
I've baited traps for the past 2 nights, and she hasn't been fed for over a week, should I continue to bait them every night or wait a couple of days?
I fear if I don't find her soon I'm going to have a very expensive hotel bill for the other half!
Hope you had some luck with yours... Just thought I'd say that we also have two large labs and a cat and our Corn (apparently) survived for at least 3 months despite the odds against him (cold weather, animals, and having to fend for himself, before we found him deceased (see my other post).
My wife was also completely terrified and wouldn't sleep in our room for two weeks (we had him in our room when he escaped due to remodeling in my sons room). She developed a kind of phobia for snakes after stepping on a baby rattle snake in our front yard when we lived in So Calif.
I wasn't sure she would ever go along with our son getting another snake but she was actually the one that called me Friday morning and said that they found "the" perfect Corn for our son. She talked to the owner and even drove him out to pick him up. So no matter how distraught your better half is, there is always hope.
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Kat
Hatchling
United Kingdom
119 Posts |
Posted - 15/06/2012 : 13:46:03
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Just recaptured Omari the escapologist here for the second time! He went missing at Christmas, turned up 2 months later in the downstairs bathroom, curled up under a towel that had fallen on the floor at 3 am. Was back for about 3 weeks, I'd re-sealed every bit of the viv, blocked doors, cable access points, everything, went to feed him and he was AWOL again! We think he managed to get his nose between the glass and the side wall and nudge the glass over the 2 mm that seems to be necessary for escaping. Been missing 3 months this time and turned up in exactly the same place on Monday morning, at pretty much exactly the same time. Only difference this time was that the door in the bathroom is sticking, so poor nephew had to climb out of the window carrying a snake 'cause he had nothing secure to put him in and didn't want to leave him in case he vanished back into the floorboards 
Have now swapped him and Cleo the Leo around 'cause Cleo's viv has plastic runners up the sides so less chance of slipping out there. Silicone sealant everywhere! |
0.0.1 Amel (Omari)
1.1 Leopard Geckos (Tychondrious and Cleopatra)
0.2 Chocolate Labs (Millie and Lucy) 0.1 Weimaraner (Suzi)
1.0 Cat (Thomas)
2.1 Children plus 1.0 squatting nephew
no more Bovines
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cobweb251
Hatchling
United Kingdom
435 Posts |
Posted - 15/06/2012 : 15:13:08
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| great guide |
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