I lost a snake...

[smokeyandthebandit05]

I lost a snake I JUST got. Its a small corn snake about a foot or so long. I put it in a tupperware container to feed it. I had it in there with a screen top and heavy thermometer not thinking it would get out. Well it did and now cant fine it ANYWHERE in my room. I took everything out of a basket of stuff, took out everything under my bed and dresser. Not there. I emptied my closet floor and found nothing. My dad knows but I havent told my mom yet but its fine cause she used to raise and keep snakes and that kinda stuff with a previous husband. My door was closed and I dont think it got out under it and the cats and dog havent found anything yet.

Does anyone have any ideas on how I would catch this thing? Right now I just have a heating pad on, on the floor. My brother suggested getting an infrared light and shining it on the pad. Ive looked around the internet to see what other people have done and they say try the stick mouse traps, putting flour or baby powder on the floor to see where they have been goin to.

[MedicCook]

I am sure you will find it curled up with you during the night.

Don't fret, it will find you.

[Sauer Grapes]

Sorry, I've never owned a corn snake. I just have a trouser snake.

[smokeyandthebandit05]

A friend of mine actually suggested a mongoose and I actually took the baseboard heater off the wall. He wasnt under or in it. And I think the fridge it too far but I'll look in the morning

Originally Posted by smokeyandthebandit05

A friend of mine actually suggested a mongoose and I actually took the baseboard heater off the wall. He wasnt under or in it. And I think the fridge it too far but I'll look in the morning

So then you will have a mongoose and snake loose in your house?

GREAT idea.

[smokeyandthebandit05]

lol I never said it was a good idea. I dont even know where to get one in Northern NJ. I could fly to Africa and get one...

[Dux]

Yup real easy way to find him

Lay out a rock and point a heat lamp at it. Leave it in the last place you saw him, he/she should come out when it senses the heat. Just make sure you watch the heat lamp in your house so you dont start a fire..

I found my Bearded Dragon using this trick. Heating pads are ok but the snake will be attracted to the UV and Heat from the Bulb.

good Luck

-Dux/Doug

[BradNC]

lol

Originally Posted by Sauer Grapes

Sorry, I've never owned a corn snake. I just have a trouser snake.

[Dux]

Oh and trick #2

If it eats live food you can put crickets in a container, the noise should get the snakes attention.

[smokeyandthebandit05]

Originally Posted by Dux

Oh and trick #2

If it eats live food you can put crickets in a container, the noise should get the snakes attention.

That is a good idea. When I get crickets from the pet store for the gecko they dont make noise

[Fumes]

I'm not really a snake fan, but my wife is. A couple years ago we acquired a ball python which managed to escape. Instead of telling me that the snake got out, my wife went out and bought another one and put it in the enclosure so I wouldn't know. The next day I heard one of the dogs barking at something in the bathroom. I went in and much to my surprise found a ball python on the bathroom floor.

Got a terrier?

[alley00p]

Originally Posted by smokeyandthebandit05

That is a good idea. When I get crickets from the pet store for the gecko they dont make noise

Of course, then one of the crickets will get out, hide and drive you nuts, when it DOES start chirping....

Or, send a PM to Tanith... she's really into raising and keeping snakes! I think she works with them for her job!

Good Luck!

[Eleven]

You pretty much know what to do now, find the warmest spot and there he is. Make the warmest spot and he will come.

I lost a snake in a Uhaul once. Drove from Ohio to Iowa and realized he was gone when I got there. Luckily it was my Ball Python and not that crazy evil Yellow Rat Snake I owned at the time. He was curled up in the seat, I had to tear it out to get him uncoiled from the springs inside!

Hope you find yours!

in my experiance mate (i used to breed snakes as a job) the more you look for it the more it will hide. most of the time thay just turn up out of the blue in places like sinks and stuff like that were there is water . i had a snake show up in the washing machine once was fine and dandy. i would avoid the cricket in a tub idea mate as all thay will do is fill your house with anoying crickets and the snake wont care about them as u know thay eat meat not insects , like i said mate the best thing to do is just to keep you eyes open if u move all the stuff about in your house all you will do is scare the snake into moveing to a diff hideing spot . hope that helps mate i once had a nile monitor escape in a moveng car we had to take the car apart to get the lil bugger out lol

[Dux]

Originally Posted by adampc22

in my experiance mate (i used to breed snakes as a job) the more you look for it the more it will hide. most of the time thay just turn up out of the blue in places like sinks and stuff like that were there is water . i had a snake show up in the washing machine once was fine and dandy. i would avoid the cricket in a tub idea mate as all thay will do is fill your house with anoying crickets and the snake wont care about them as u know thay eat meat not insects , like i said mate the best thing to do is just to keep you eyes open if u move all the stuff about in your house all you will do is scare the snake into moveing to a diff hideing spot . hope that helps mate i once had a nile monitor escape in a moveng car we had to take the car apart to get the lil bugger out lol

I would suggest putting the crickets in something with a lid

The suggestion of using cickets is to get the snakes attention with something moving "a possible meal".

I would never suggest feeding crickets to the snake but since pinkies really dont move much they are not a big draw for something you are trying to coax out of hiding. Snakes are curious creatures when it comes to food and will eat just about anything alive if they get hungry enough.

[Don Fernando]

pm Tobii for help

[smokeyandthebandit05]

Thanks Adam for your advice. I sent TanithT a PM.

Originally Posted by Don Fernando

pm Tobii for help

As if I would go LOOKING for a snake.

&^%$ THAT!!!!!!!!

[tsolomon]

I would expect to find the snake in the back of a closet or some other dark place where it can hide. Corn snakes are nocturnal and the more you move around the less likely that it will come out. You need to create some hiding places for it to hide in and hope to get lucky. Piles of clothes or small boxes could work for a couple of nesting sites. You might want to put out a bowl of water that the snake can drink or bathe in. It sounds like a young snake, when did it last eat?